“In heaven, there is no beer. That’s why we drink it here,” goes the old pub song, but a shortage of aluminum beverage containers could threaten to close the spigots on smaller craft beer breweries in 2022.
Described as a worsening can shortage—or “candemic”—many microbrewery owners have been struggling to adapt either by stocking up on unbranded beverage cans wherever they can find them or producing more bottled beer.
