Canning systems: What’s the true cost?
At its core, beer isn’t all that expensive. The basic ingredients of water, grain, hops and yeast are plentiful and reasonably affordable. It’s the equipment required to brew and sell beer at a commercial level that comes with a much steeper price tag. That includes your canning system. From mash tuns to fermenters, brite tanks to […]
Wild Goose talks Canning Equipment on The Start A Brewery podcast
Wild Goose Filling’s East Coast Regional Sales Manager Chris Leach was recently featured on The Start A Brewery podcast to discuss canning equipment. Listen on Spotify below and wherever you listen to podcasts. Podcast Guests Brian Mollohan, Owner, Ruby Street Brewing Brian Mollohan founded Ruby Street Brewing after years of homebrewing and building custom brewing […]
Brewers in Mexico Get Canning during Kegs to Cans
In April, Wild Goose Mexico brought together 35 Mexican craft breweries for Kegs to Cans: Mexico Sessions, a free two-day, hands-on canning experience in Mexico City. Hosted at Casa Cervecera Cru Cru using a Wild Goose Gosling™ canning system, visiting brewers had the opportunity to get up close to the canning process with packaging education […]
Counter Pressure Canning: The Wild Goose Fusion™ is Here
The Wild Goose Fusion™ Counter Pressure Canning System has arrived. Our latest canning system delivers all-purpose beverage packaging engineered with new counter pressure filling technologies developed by Wild Goose. The Wild Goose Fusion Counter Pressure Canning System provides professional, fully automated canning across a wide range of product types and conditions. The system accommodates […]
Canning To-Go in a Compact Space
For its first five years, Ratio Beerworks sold their beer draft only. Having grown to 4,000 barrels by 2019, they had intended to start canning eventually with a future facility expansion, but the coronavirus pandemic accelerated their packaging plans. With liquor retailers and grocery stores open but all usual draft outlets – including Ratio’s taproom […]
Burial Beer Co. on Canning and Bottling
Zach Hilyer, head of packaging at Burial Beer Company, never envisioned what the year would bring when he planned Burial’s canning and bottling expansion. In early 2020, Burial upgraded their Wild Goose canning system from four to five heads the same week they brought in a new Meheen M4 bottling line. Within weeks, the coronavirus […]
Supporting Craft Breweries: Every Day is Beer Day
When National Beer Day rolls around each year, we expect to be celebrating in taprooms over pints with friends, supporting local craft breweries. This year, COVID-19 has drastically altered how we all participate in one of our favorite regular pastimes. As virtually all craft breweries are forced to close doors to the public, we’ve seen […]
