Blank beer can

[nhspike]

+1....a beer like that, why...you could walk right down the street in public with it, slamming it down, and not get hauled off to jail on open container/public intox charges.

Do you realize the significance here?

Damn Axe,
I would have bet my left nut that you were going to embelish that.
Cockdragon Brewery, Golden Shower Colorado

[Newc]

Look them up on Ebay, see how much unprinted cans go for. It should at least have something printed on the bottom of the can since that's a separate printing process. That mark will identify the contents and probably date.

Or take your free beer and coupons and be happy

[Strangletooth]

I also find it funny why they're taking it so serious...:think: There's got to be a reason behind it, let me ask a few people "from AB" about it, if they still have their jobs anyway...

[Newc]

AFAIK they don't make their own cans, they just fill them. If a can missed the printing process, it may have missed the sterilization process, in which case drinking it could be more trouble than it's worth - somewhere between dead and dying.

Maybe there's some internal issue they're aware of and trying to intercept this can before it turns into a "topic of discussion" (like on the evening News).

[tonemonster]

yea, they sure seem to want it bad. to get a reaction that fast out of a big coporate machine like that means something is up. big companies normally dont return emails or phone calls, but to get a reaction in 30 minutes and them wanting it back raises my eyebrows. I would hold on to it. ask AB why they want it back so badly. remember, its YOURS. you own it. you paid for it. they offered it on the market. you bought it. you dont have to give it up. they are probably freaking out because they think someone may have tampered with their product and are trying to avoid a lawsuit.

Funny story, my grandma and grandpa had a big 40 oz bottle of budweiser, unopened with a small bag of planters peanuts inside it. I have NO idea how they got in there. this was the kinda small bag that they give you on airplanes. someone at the factory must have put the peanuts in teh bottle for a joke.

[phill_up]

guitarsjb, the can is made in a separate place. its made right along with coke, Pepsi, mountain dew, Mug Root Beer etc. There is a big ass can manufacturing company on South MacArthur called Rexam that makes and prints the lables on the can. I wouldn't drink it either

http://www.rexam.com/sectors/index.asp?pageid=49

It will fall back on the can manufacturer, they sold it to the bottler.

[GodOfRhythm]

Cool can! Does it have ANY print on it? (like on the underside?)

Asking for more info before actually sending it back, is something you could definitely do. So you could decide if you wanted to hand it back to them or keep it as a collector's item.

Keeping it 'ransom' or holding it until you get a better (financial) offer from the Company is something I, personally, wouldn't do. Moreso since they made a very quick, tidy and reasonable offer to relieve you off the faulty can (and whatever problems it could cause in the future!).

[Axewielder]

I also find it funny why they're taking it so serious...:think: There's got to be a reason behind it, let me ask a few people "from AB" about it, if they still have their jobs anyway...

I'm not surprised. Somebody in quality control will get a hold of it and raise a huge stink and generate swirl over the issue to get their name out there as a "problem solver". It's all a game.

[Jayster]

I also find it funny why they're taking it so serious...:think: There's got to be a reason behind it, let me ask a few people "from AB" about it, if they still have their jobs anyway...

A shot in the dark here - I used to work for a major bottler of sauces and salad dressings, before the machine operators would come in the maintenance crews would check the lines(because of product size change overs, etc....).

We would put iodine water in the fillers to test the line feed, timing, labelers, etc. all the way down to the case packers. We would use iodine water to keep the process piping uncontaminated, I suppose there is an outside chance that this may have happened to your "blank can".

[audiophile]

Make a youtube video, immortalize it for the masses.
Comments are entertaining, and sometimes informative.

[toejam]

I also find it funny why they're taking it so serious...:think: There's got to be a reason behind it, let me ask a few people "from AB" about it, if they still have their jobs anyway...

It's probably a can of cyanide that one of the higher-ups was going to drink after they got busted for embezzling and fucking over the rest of the employees.

[phill_up]

Its a conspiracy! That can was made for Bin Laden! when he drinks it he will have all the secret codes to the USA!

[AlexL]

I don't see how it could be worth anything. If it had the printing in negative or something, aye. But with nothing on it, how would any collector know which brand it was?

As a former beer can collector (remember the 70s?), I agree with this. Even misprints weren't incredibly valuable.

I had a can of Old Milwaukee that looked exactly like this one - tall, skinny, no label. Hell, maybe that's the same can!


- E.

[Endrik]

It's probably a can of cyanide that one of the higher-ups was going to drink after they got busted for embezzling and fucking over the rest of the employees.

you gotta see the bigger picture... they probably have a side-job, either they are getting rid of toxic waste for the big manufacturers by using beer cans or they are terrorists doing chemical experiments, they infect beer with horrible disease and try to poison the population but this bad boy got out too early so they want it back :ROTF:

[Strangletooth]

I'm not surprised. Somebody in quality control will get a hold of it and raise a huge stink and generate swirl over the issue to get their name out there as a "problem solver". It's all a game.

We have a winner folks!

Yes, the only reason they want it back is to avoid public embarrassment, it's a quality control issue and the less bad press, the better. While insignificant to all of us, it's a huge issue with the internals at AB, errr, NBev, whatever they call themselves these days.

That came straight from one of the Clydesdale's mouths...