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Smog City Brewing Co. not only celebrated their anniversary recently. Also new is that they will be launching 12oz 6-pack bottles of their core lineup starting, well, today!
Little Bo Pils, Smog City IPA, Sabre-Toothed Squirrel and Coffee Porter will all be available at the launch with additional seasonals sprinkled in later in the year. I would suggest the IPA because, strangely, I think it gets lost between the Pils and award-winning porter and the other seasonal hop bombs that are done.
That connective tissue that holds six cans together is getting an eco-upgrade. Now, I generally prefer the boxes for holding cans since it can be made of recycled material and can eventually compost away and not last forever like plastic.
But this solution born from a collaboration between Saltwater Brewery in Florida and We Believers—an advertising agency in New York might be even better. The pair have created rings using spent grain from the brewing process. Basically a bio-degradable ring that is also edible unless fish are gluten-intolerant. Cost and manufacturing might be an issue but since there is a ton of spent grain out there and only so many cows, this could be another avenue if a certain scale can be achieved.
Saltwater Brewery "Edible Six Pack Rings" from We Believers on Vimeo.