{"id":101,"date":"2015-06-11T17:38:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-06-11T17:52:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T21:52:58","slug":"a-six-pack-of-big-hop-yes-we-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/allegheny\/a-six-pack-of-big-hop-yes-we-can\/","title":{"rendered":"A six pack of Big Hop? Yes we can"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cans and craft beer have already proven to be good partners, across the country and here in Pittsburgh. But it took a more recent brewing industry innovation — a mobile canning production line — to finally bring cans to East End Brewing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even with an exponential increase in square footage when Scott Smith moved his brewery\u00a0to its current spot on Julius Street, figuring out where to squeeze in a canning line — not to mention the mountain of empty cans he’d need to store — in the space. Paying for the operation? That’s a whole other question.<\/p>\n

And that’s where We Can Mobile Canning<\/a> of Danville, Pa., comes in. One day last week, We Can owner Pete Rickert and colleague\u00a0Jason Cichoskie spent about 12 hours canning 275 cases of Big Hop India pale ale, the first time East End’s flagship beer has been available in something other than a keg, a growler or glass.<\/p>\n

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