Is this a common can or test can ??

[beerhunter14]

I just brought a small collection of beer cans not long ago. I came across this unusual can It aluminum but look like have channel on them but also have a UPC code on them. It bottom open ,so I assume it fill with beer. I just can't seem to find it in the book. Does anybody know more about this can?

[LostHoosier]

I recall drinking Michelob from cans with that label while living in Alabama 1988-89, and am fairly certain it was a general issue can. It was the first of the so-called "spin-neck" cans with the smaller top.

Ed

[LostHoosier]

Also, as I recall, they used similar "channels" or facets vertically on the can body for Bud Ice and and I think Busch Light in those years and into early 1990s as well. I though the style was visually interesting and saved them until a couple years, when I thinned out all of my post-1985 cans.

[kamsquared]

Fluted!!
They were filled but only for a short time. Miller and Pabst used them for some of their specialty beers...Reserve, Genuine Draft, etc.
Not sure on the year but early 90s is about right.


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[kamsquared]

FYI....A test can label with a UPC that never went into circulation will have a zeroed out UPC code. From what I’ve seen, The exception is probably color variations for a production label.
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[Leon]

I remember while in Alabama in the 1990's I stopped at a Gas Station that sold beer & they had 2 different style Fluted Michelob cans. Then I seen them at a Grocery store the next day. Didn't buy any but just figured a new can I'd buy while back home in Michigan. Well, never seen them again & heard later it was just test marketed in a few southern states for a short time. Kicking myself now. LEON.

[jinsequa]

All out of Tumwater, Washington
Eric

[beerhunter14]

Fluted can !!! That is the answer. But I do find it interesting , Since Fluted beer can such as Michlob only sold in the south and it only a short run. Does anyone know how long did it last ?? 3 month, 6 months , year , 2 years ? Back in the 1990's , I wasn't collecting beer can. So it nice knowing it now.

[Ziphippie]

Michelob Golden was my fav, and it was cheap- didn't see it until around '92 when I moved to the lake. It was available for at least five years in fluted cans and even had a couple label changes.

Miller also fluted some bottles for specialty brews. I'll dig out my PBR's later- Bjorn

[Ziphippie]

I also have a production sample that I received with a Bud Light ten year anniversary flattop, both are water filled. Bud Light was introduced in '81 so that puts these about '91 or so. Bjorn

[Ziphippie]

found my PBR fluted cans and in the mix was this Strohs! Ziphippie Bjorn

[Ziphippie]

From Detroit. Ziphippie Bjorn

[mrlager428]

Michelob Golden was my fav, and it was cheap- didn't see it until around '92 when I moved to the lake. It was available for at least five years in fluted cans and even had a couple label changes. IMG_6114.JPGIMG_6115.JPGMiller also fluted some bottles for specialty brews. I'll dig out my PBR's later- Bjorn

I like the FBIR in the backround!

[Ziphippie]

Thanks mrlager428! Bud Light is a new one for me- Ziphippie Bjorn

[Baxter]

Here's my fluted can from 1995.

Baxter
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