I'm very excited for cans and expanded availability (side topic: cans > bottles and it's not even close).
I'm a little bummed that they're going the contract brewing route, though, rather than keeping that production in-state. Al_4_State, I know you're fairly involved with the brewery and probably can't disclose too much, but any insight into why they decided to farm this out to BrewHub rather than expand and/or move their existing facility?
I'd say that it depends. If you're doing anything designed to age, you're generally going to end up in bottles, either corked/caged or waxed or whatnot.
Agree, beer is better in a can. Look at some of the top IPA's in the country and you'll see they are in cans.
I'd argue that a fresh IPA will be better off in a bottle off a high quality filler than a can, all else being equal. You can generally achieve lower dissolved oxygen levels in bottles than you can in cans. The problem is you'll get oxygen ingress through the crown liner over time in bottles, while the DO level in cans stays constant. So in the mid-long term, cans do tend to be better. IPAs, well at least the current crop of hoppy american ones, really do need to be consumed fresh, though, so the lower level of initial DO is probably more desirable than the protection from light and longer term ingress of oxygen that the can package provides.
Cans are a better package for many packaging breweries though, for a whole host of reasons, and done right, obviously can make great beer. Don't get me started on crowlers though...
