Eighty Five years ago today the Gottfried Krueger company began selling canned beer in Richmond,VA. Other brewers soon followed and by the end of the year, over 200 million cans had been sold.

During Prohibition, Krueger Brewing made an honest living selling near beer and soda. This gave them a distinct advantage when Prohibition ended, so the brewery was able to produce beer at 3.2% Alcohol By Weight the morning of April 7th, 1934 - right into cups. According to one source, it took two days for the line in the front of the brewery to return to order. _-wiki