Craft brewers tap aluminum bottle for limited-edition ale

Oskar Blues

"Unique packaging like the Alumi-Tek bottle provides both Oskar Blues and Sun King the differentiation we needed to make our limited-release beers distinct from our core lines. Plus, the sleek bottle shape is appealing to our customers," says Chad Melis, marketing director of Oskar Blues Brewery. "Craft beer in aluminum bottles is another step forward in the evolution of beer."

The Ball aluminum bottle delivers portability with a resealable twist off cap and a wide mouth opening for a smooth pour. The 100 percent recyclable bottle is lightweight, unbreakable, efficient to ship and store, an excellent brand billboard and is impervious to light and oxygen—providing flavor protection and long shelf life for the beer inside. 

"Alumi-Tek drinks like a bottle and cools like a can to deliver a clean, crisp taste experience for the craft beer drinker," says Robert Miles, svp, sales for Ball's metal beverage packaging division, Americas. "With the can's many advantages—including resealability, portability, high recycling rates, brand building graphics and beneficial economics to name just a few—craft brewers and consumers alike are reaching for aluminum containers."

Chaka is brewed by both companies and packaged in similar but distinctive company-branded Alumi-Tek bottles by Ball.

Source: Ball Corp.

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