Live Breaking News & Updates on Brewer Scott Boyer

Central Ohio craft breweries adapt to can shortage
Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch
© Doral Chenoweth, Doral Chenoweth/Dispatch
Brewer Scott Boyer straightens an empty can at North High Brewing, 1125 Cleveland Ave. He operates the machinery that depallatizes aluminum cans. Craft brewers are bracing for a shortage of aluminum cans.
An ongoing shortage of aluminum cans is forcing some central Ohio breweries to get creative, find different suppliers or sell less beer.
The shortage has been on the horizon for months, but brewers say it is now impacting the way they package and sell beer.
The use of aluminum cans by craft breweries was on the rise before the coronavirus pandemic, but demand skyrocketed as the virus proliferated and consumers shifted from draft beers purchased in bars and restaurants, to packaged beers sold in stores. Brewers responded by filling fewer kegs and putting more beer in cans. ....

United States , Olentangy River , University Of Cincinnati , Ohio University , Brewer Scott Boyer , Mike Dewine , Colin Castore , Charles Sox , Kelsey Stief , Alan Szuter , Doral Chenoweth , Chris Davison , Colin Gabler , Jason Mckibben , Wolf Ridge , Scott Schweitzer , Carlh Lindner College Of Business , Ball Corporation , Olentangy River Brewing Company In Lewis Center , North High Brewing , Dispatch Brewer Scott Boyer , Ridge Brewing , Dispatch Cans , River Brewing Company , Lewis Center , High Brewing ,