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Gift of Chris Menapace, 2020.28.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Beer Can
Gift of Chris Menapace, 2020.28.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

Beer Can

Date2018-2019
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 6 1/4 × 2 1/8in. (15.9 × 5.4cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of Chris Menapace
DescriptionAluminum Ball brand beverage can with stay-tab opening mechanism, 1 pint, empty, printed label, Two Roads Brewing Company, Plum Gose. The can is printed with a motif of various shades of purple and images of plums and a tanker truck.
Object number2020.28.3
InscribedFront of can: "TWO ROADS / TANKER TRUCK SOUR SERIES / PLUM GOSE / ALE BREWED WITH ITALIAN PLUMS / SOURED IN OUR TANKER TRUCK / 1 PINT (473 ML) BREWED BY TWO ROADS BREWING CO. STRATFORD, CT 4.5% ALC/VOL"

Back of can: "TWO ROADS / TANKER / TRUCK SOURS / PLUM GOSE / Two roads is driving a / tanker truck down a road less / traveled with Plum Gose / [pronounced GO-zuh]. We kettle soured / this ale in our own tanker truck trailer- / a former milk tanker [like the one on the / front label]- that's parked right on the / grounds of our brewery! / Except a classic gose sour and salty / interplay with the unmistakable character / of tart Italian plums [Prunus cocomila]. / Pinkish in color and decidedly refreshing. / Here's to taking the road less traveled, / in life and in beer!"
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Gift of Chris Menapace, 2020.28.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
2018-2019
Gift of Chris Menapace, 2020.28.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
2018-2019
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