Some craft brewers being deterred by the high cost of acquisition associated with the procurement of a canning line never-the-less decided that the only way they could compete in the marketplace was by making their beer available in cans. To accomplish this goal, they determined that the only cost effective way was to contract out the effort to another brewer who had the capability to perform the task. Contract brewing was certainly not a new approach in the brewing industry but it was a new move for the craft brewers and enabled them to compete in the marketplace.
The following can photos are being provided so the can collector has a visual image of all the available contract brewed microbrewery cans. After all, this represents the first time in a collectors life that he or she has the opportunity to collect all of a specific can type
Click here for a printable checklist of contract brewed cans
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| Black Star Golden Lager | Black Star Lager | Black Star Lager | Black Star Light | Black Star Light | Brew Farm Select |
| Great Northern Brewing | Great Northern Brewing | Great Northern Brewing | Great Northern Brewing | Great Northern Brewing | Dave's Brew Farm |
| Whitefish MT | Whitefish MT | Whitefish MT | Whitefish MT | Whitefish MT | Wilson WI |
| Pabst | General Brewing | Pabst Brewing | Pabst Brewing | Pabst Brewing | Stevens Point |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 24 oz | 12 oz |
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| Brew Free or Die IPA | Brew Free or Die IPA | Brooklyn Lager | Brooklyn Lager | Capital 1900 | |
| 21st Amendment Brewing | 21st Amendment Brewing | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn Brewery | Capital Brewery | |
| San Francisco CA | San Francisco CA | Brooklyn NY | Brooklyn NY | Middleton WI | |
| Cold Spring | Cold Spring | West End Brewing | West End Brewing | Stevens Point | |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 16 oz | 12 oz | |
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| Carolina Blonde Light | Chasing Tail Golden Ale | Crew Lager | Desert Lager | Dock Street Amber | Elm City Export |
| Carolina Beer Company | Utah Brewers Cooperative | Penn Brewing Co | Palm Springs Brewing | Poor Henrys Brewing | New Haven Brewing |
| Mooresville NC | Salt Lake City UT | Pittsburgh PA | Palm Springs CA | Philadelphia PA | New Haven CT |
| Strohs Brewing | Jones Brewing | Strohs Brewing | West End Brewing | FX Matt Brewing | |
| 12 oz | 16 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz |
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| Harpoon IPA | Harpoon Summer Beer | Henry Ortleibs Select | Hell or High Watermelon Wheat | Hell or High Watermelon Wheat | Island Wheat Ale |
| Harpoon Brewing | Harpoon Brewing | Poor Henrys Brewing | 21st Amendment Brewing | 21st Amendment Brewing | Capital Brewery |
| Boston MA | Boston MA | Philadelphia PA | San Francisco CA | San Francisco CA | Middleton WI |
| The Lion | The Lion | West End Brewing | Cold Spring | Cold Spring | Huber Brewing |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz |
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| Lancaster Kolsch | Macs Highlander Pale Ale | Macs Scottish Style Amber Ale | MacTarnahans Scottish Style Amber | Manhattan Gold | Manhattan Gold |
| Lancaster Brewing | Portland Brewing Co | Portland Brewing Co | Portland Brewing Co | Manhattan Brewing | Manhattan Brewing |
| Lancaster PA | Portland OR | Portland OR | Portland OR | New York NY | New York NY |
| The Lion | August Schell Brewing | August Schell Brewing | Pacific Western (Canada) | Lion | West End |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz |
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| Mickey Finn's Amber Ale | Monk's Blood | Provo Girl | Pyramid Sun Fest | Resurrection Ale | Schlafly Summer Lager |
| Mickey Finn's Brewing | 21st Amendment Brewing | Utah Brewers Cooperative | Pyramid Brewing | The Brewer's Art | Schlafly Brewing |
| Libertyville IL | San Francisco CA | Salt Lake City UT | Seattle WA | Baltimore MD | St Louis MO |
| Stevens Point | Cold Spring | (Canada) | Pacific Western Brewing | Sly Fox Brewing | Stevens Point |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz |
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| St Provo Girl | Sierra Dorado | Stadium Lager | US Pale Ale | Whales Tale Pale Ale | Wheach |
| Utah Brewers Cooperative | Black Mountain Brewing | Crooked River Brewing | Capital Brewing | Cisco Brewers | O'Fallon Brewing |
| Salt Lake City UT | Cave Creek AZ | Cleveland OH | Middleton WI | Nantucket Island MA | O'Fallon MO |
| (Canada) | West End Brewing | Frederick Brewing | F X Matt | Stevens Point | |
| 12 oz | 12 oz | 16 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz | 12 oz |
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| Wisconsin Amber | Wisconsin Amber | ||||
| Capital Brewing | Capital Brewing | ||||
| Middleton WI | Middleton WI | ||||
| Stevens Point Brewing | Huber Brewing | ||||
| 12 oz | 12 oz | ||||