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"&lt;strong&gt;The last decade has seen craft brewers embrace a can-do spirit&lt;/strong&gt;, packaging citrusy IPAs, inky stouts, and sweetly potent barley wines in aluminum vessels that, once upon a time, contained only lowbrow lagers. But as canning\u2019s stigma has become a badge of honor, breweries have begun exploring the creative potential of the crushable container. (&lt;a href=\"http://www.craftcans.com\"&gt;CraftCans.com&lt;/a&gt; does a terrific job covering the trend.)\r\n\r\nCans grew skinnier. Cans grew fatter. Cans received ridges. Some cans lost tabs, while others exchanged them for a screw top. Peruse store shelves, and you\u2019ll spy a constellation of cans, from svelte 8.4-ouncers on up to hulking quarts. Arranged by size, here\u2019s craft beer\u2019s latest aluminum lookbook. &lt;p&gt;Don\u2019t be deceived by the diminutive package. The &lt;a href=\"http://21st-amendment.com/\"&gt;San Francisco brewery\u2019s&lt;/a&gt; 8.4-ounce can contains a heavyweight, citrus-forward barley wine that weighs in at 11.5% ABV.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=\"http://sixpoint.com/\"&gt;Brooklyn-based brewery&lt;/a&gt; has made its bones on 16-ounce cans of beers such as Bengali Tiger IPA and the Crisp pilsner. Understandably, the brewery wanted to retain the same elongated look for its higher-strength offerings, putting bruisers like the dangerously smooth Hi-Res imperial IPA in this slim 12-ounce vessel.&lt;/p&gt; Since 1997, Michigan\u2019s &lt;a href=\"http://foundersbrewing.com\"&gt;Founders&lt;/a&gt; has been one of craft brewing\u2019s leading players, with its decadent stouts and juicy, citrusy Centennial IPA. This year, Founders rolled out the crowd-pleasing bitter brew in classic 12-ounce cans. &lt;p&gt;Given the tropical digs, it\u2019s a no-brainer that the &lt;a href=\"http://mauibrewingco.com/\"&gt;Hawaiian brewery&lt;/a&gt; makes its smooth, chocolaty porter with loads of toasted coconut. The beer is sold in 12-ounce cans with a unique ridged look.&lt;/p&gt; Last year, &lt;a href=\"http://www.samueladams.com/\"&gt;Sam Adams&lt;/a&gt; started selling its flagship lager in the \u201CSam Can.\u201D The specially designed 12-ouncer features a a wider lid (more airflow equals smoother taste), an opening closer to your nose (more aroma!), and an hourglass ridge that, according to the brewery, creates turbulence that pushes flavor out of the beer. &lt;p&gt;Before the pull-tab revolutionized the market in the 1960s, beer was sold in flat-top steel cans that required a pointy churchkey to punch open a hole. This\u00A0&lt;a href=\"http://www.churchkeycanco.com/\"&gt;Seattle brewery&lt;/a&gt; (founded by &lt;strong&gt;Adrian Grenier&lt;/strong&gt; and a former Nike designer) revives the classic format, offering up a lightly hopped pilsner.&lt;/p&gt; Buoyed by the success of Torpedo IPA in 16-ounce cans, the\u00A0&lt;a href=\"http://www.sierranevada.com\"&gt;veteran brewery&lt;/a&gt; recently decided to put its classic Pale Ale in the same supersized format. It\u2019s the same beer you\u2019ve loved for decades, just more of it. It\u2019s no surprise that &lt;a href=\"http://oskarblues.com/\"&gt;Oskar Blues,&lt;/a&gt; which helped kick-start the craft canning movement, is the industry\u2019s biggest innovator, putting its liquids in an array of metal container. Last year, the brewery debuted its aggressively hopped pale in a single-serving \u201Croyal pint\u201D containing 19.2 ounces. &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=\"http://basecampbrewingco.com/\"&gt;Portland, Oregon, beer maker&lt;/a&gt; stands out from the canned pack by selling its beers in 22-ounce aluminum bottles. The coppery, hopped-up IPL, or India pale lager, is aged with a blend of red and white oak.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On sweltering summer afternoons at the beach or lake, we like to glug loads of lower-alcohol, thirst-quenching lager. A 24-ounce can or two of the &lt;a href=\"http://www.narragansettbeer.com/\"&gt;Rhode Island brewery\u2019s&lt;/a&gt;\u00A0crowd-pleasing lager ably fits the bill.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Of the list of liquids that you should probably not consume by the quart, chief among them is a dizzyingly strong double IPA. At 9.25% ABV, the &lt;a href=\"http://missionbrewery.com/\"&gt;San Diego brewery\u2019s&lt;/a&gt; intense Shipwrecked is best shared with a buddy.&lt;/p&gt; Glass growlers? Not for these canning maniacs, who in December unveiled the Crowler: a 32-ounce can filled with your favorite &lt;a href=\"http://oskarblues.com/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Oskar Blues&lt;/a&gt; beer and sealed right on the spot."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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