First to use the innovative container was Sapporo Breweries last April, followed by Kirin a short time later.
This container is positioned as an alternative to the plastic beer bottles that U.S. and European beer companies have embraced over the past few years. Like those plastic bottles, the aluminum bottle is light, unbreakable and reclosable. It also has the mouth feel of a bottle, a feature that many beer drinkers miss in aluminum cans.
