Church key can Help - Anyone know who made the cans?

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Church key can Help - Anyone know who made the cans?

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Hi all, I've been absent for a while. Mostly just busy with family and local stuff.
I've got a project going and need to find out what company actually printed and seamed the Church key Cans.
Anybody know what company made the actual SS version of their cans?
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Looks like the winner is Ball......

Churchkey Can Co. Introduces a Nostalgic Take on Craft Beer with a Three-Piece Steel Beer Can from Ball Corporation

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-release ... 76165.html

Ball Corp. to Supply Flat Beer Cans

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ball-corp-su ... -Exf-CZU35

Entourage star actor bringing back flat top can for first time in nearly 50 years

https://beerpulse.com/2012/03/entourage ... -50-years/
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Re: Church key can Help - Anyone know who made the cans?

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I researched the Churchkey can when I was initially looking for a can for CANvention 51. My original dream was a Tuxedo 51 flat top can with a VA tax stamp, using the same Churchkey can that's in the above articles. Unfortunately, after speaking to the folks at Churchkey Brewing, Two Beers Brewing in Seattle, and several Ball Corp employees on both coasts, no one could tell me what plant made the can back in 2011. Shortly after CV51, I was at the Williamsburg, VA Ball plant. I was presenting them an appreciation plaque for the aluminum cans they donated that we used for the CV51 can. I mentioned my earlier fruitless plan and search for the Churchkey can maker and one of the employees stepped forward who knew the background. The Churchkey three-piece can was made in the Ball Corp can plant in Oakdale, CA. That plant doesn't make beer cans as their main product line which is why none of the beer can producing Ball plants I had spoken to had any records of the Churchkey can. The two guys pictured in the above beerpulse.com article are showing off two of the first cans that rolled off the line. I've got a similar pic from Ball with those guys in it dated 12/21/2011.
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