The whole craft beer in a can movement has really taken off the past half of the year. With mobile canning companies popping up all over the country, craft breweries are getting their beers into the packages way ahead of when they originally thought. One of those brewing companies is Bolero Snort here in New Jersey. Bob and Andrew have been promoting their beer hard, and coming up on one year of business this month, they are taking the necessary steps to keeps things interesting at Bolero Snort – starting with seasonal canned offerings of their smaller batches of beer. I recently spent some time with them up at High Point Brewing Company to help them pack out Jersey’s second craft beer in a can, Lucky Buck.
Aside from this being Bolero Snort’s first can offering, it was the first stout to be put through Iron Heart’s mobile canning line. You remember Tyler and the gang; they brought us fresh cans of Boat Beer when we least expected it and have been quite busy up and down the North East canning beer everywhere (from Philly all the way up to Massachusetts and everything between). It is awesome to see their canning line in another Jersey facility like High Point.
Iron Heart Canning newcomer, Nicole, gets all the empties ready to be fed into the machine.
Seeing as this was both their first stout and a new facility for Iron Heart, there was some dialing in that needed to be done. With a few minor adjustments Tyler had Lucky Buck ready to go.
Empty cans of Lucky Buck waiting to be filled with dry stout goodness.
After seeing the mobile line run a few times at Carton it still amazes me that they are able to come in, set up, and be out of the brewery within a few hours.
Once we got up and running, we got the machine up to 31 cans per minute.
Although the beer was dialed in, there needs to be frequent checks to make that the cans are getting filled properly. Andrew Maiorana (left) weighs cans of their stout as Bob Olson (right) packs them out.
Altogether there were 116 cases of Lucky Buck canned and ready for shipment.
Lucky Buck is out there and getting a great reception. If you are looking for an alternative on St. Patty’s day this year, this is most certainly the stout for you. Cheers to Bob and Andrew at Bolero Snort for yet another milestone in their brewing adventures; we are very much looking forward to their next canned seasonal. Long Hop, which will be a sessionable IPA to help ring in the spring. We have listed the retailers that are currently carrying Lucky Buck below, so get out there and get yourself some of Bolero Snort’s latest offering and don’t forget to check in and show them your cans.
Last week’s drops
-Shoprite Wine & Liquors Emerson
-Gallo’s Liquors Rochelle Park
-Super Buy Rite Jersey City
-Thirsty Quaker Jersey City
-Cranbury Buy Rite
-Sunrise Cellars Westfield
Getting it this week:
-Liquor Outlet Boonton
-Gary’s Wine Wayne
-Fairway Market Woodland Park
-Stew Leonard’s Clifton
-Super Savers Liquors Somerville
-Gary’s Wine Bernardsville
-Gary’s Wine Madison
-Stew Leonard’s Paramus
-Stew Leonard’s Springfield
-Rotondo’s Liquors Clark
-ShopRite Wine & Liquors Lyndhurst
-Heights Beer & Wine Hasbrouck Heights
-Brian