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More Cannovation? '360 Lid' Beer Can Making the Rounds

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While Budweiser's new bowtie-shaped beer can is a couple of weeks away from launch, a series of smaller breweries have already launched another new type of can: One with a "360 Lid" that peels completely away, allowing tipplers to drink brew through a circular, drinking-glass-like aperture.

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Here at the Core77 offices we rarely drink beer out of cans. (That's not snobbery; unlike bottles, cans cannot be broken against desks and wielded as weapons during editorial squabbles that devolve into melees.) But the few times we have, we've never had a problem getting beer to pour from the tab-sized opening into our gulping mouths. So why the new can? Pennsylvania-based licenser Sly Fox Brewing Company insists a circular opening "allows the full flavor and aroma of the beer to hit the drinker's senses." And yes, the drinking rim is rounded over, so you don't cut your lips with each swig.

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