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Visit this page to learn of, and report on, new issue cans. Select the link below to complete a form to tell us about any new cans you see. Please fill out as much of the form as you can, but only with accurate information. We would rather have incomplete information than the wrong information. You can also fill out a form on an existing can to provide additional data. This information will be posted and a picture of the can will be added as we receive them

Can Credits !!........send us new issue cans and we will give you 1 Can Korner Credit for each can you send us. This credit can be used towards cans on our trading list or "banked" towards new issue cans we receive. A few things to remember.... 1 credit is worth a current 75 cent can off our list, 2 credits worth 2 currents or one $1.25 obsolete can. We will accept no more than 6 of any new can for credit, but you must e-mail us first before sending more than one. You can e-mail us first to ensure credit will be received on your cans. You DO NOT have to be a member of the BCCA to send us cans: all are welcome to send cans, including our international readers.

Cans may be sent to us at the following address: Scott & Laura Spencer, #28573, 793 Stagecoach Dr, Las Cruces, NM, 88011-8074.

To keep this page fresh and to allow it to load as quick as possible, we will only keep 90 days of new issues on this page. Previous cans will be available in an archive via a link listed at the end of this page.

Form to Report on New Cans


Picture of Budweiser Beer
Name of Beer: Budweiser Beer
Name of Brewer: Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Bill Junge, #22957
Date First Seen in Store: March, 1998
Store/City/State: Algodones, Baja California, Mexico
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Has World Cup 98 Logo on one side panel. Budweiser panels are in english but mandatories are in spanish.




Picture of Budweiser Beer
Name of Beer: Budweiser Beer
Name of Brewer: Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Mark Richert #17769
Date First Seen in Store: June, 1998
Store/City/State: Japan
Size of Can: 350 ML
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: 4-can Budweiser set for the World Cup 98 with the four team cans being U.S.A., Brazil, France and Japan. These are U.S.-for-Japan issues. Made in the states & sold here in Japan. Embossed cans with the 'BudJapan' logo




Picture of Budweiser Beer Picture of Budweiser Beer
Name of Beer: Budweiser Beer
Name of Brewer: Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number:  
Date First Seen in Store:  
Store/City/State: Japan
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Cans #3 & #4 of the U.S. Forces series being sold at U.S. military bases located outside the U.S.




Picture of Budweiser Beer Picture of Budweiser Beer
Name of Beer: Budweiser Beer
Name of Brewer: Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Otto Rousek, #26606
Date First Seen in Store: August, 1998
Store/City/State: Warehouse Club in Westlake, OH
Size of Can: 5 Liter
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Also reported to be available in Las Vegas, NV and St. Louis, MO




Picture of Coors Beer
Name of Beer: Coors Beer
Name of Brewer: Coors Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Scott Spencer, #28573
Date First Seen in Store: August 3rd, 1998
Store/City/State: The Liquor Company, Las Cruces, NM
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: 6 Packs
Comments: The "football" can as reported in the July 1998 edition of Talkin Sports.




Picture of Coors Light
Name of Beer: Coors Light
Name of Brewer: Coors Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Jeff Grissop
Date First Seen in Store: June 15th, 1998
Store/City/State: Sam's Liquors in Northglen, CO
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Coors Field, Field or Stars, commemerating the All Star game played at Coors Field, July 7th, 1998




Picture of DAX Light
Name of Beer: DAX Light
Name of Brewer: Saranac Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Chris Cushing, #29399
Date First Seen in Store: June 1998
Store/City/State: Utica, NY
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments:  




Picture of Dos Equis Beer
Name of Beer: Dos Equis Lager
Name of Brewer:  
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Bill Junge, #22957
Date First Seen in Store: May, 1998
Store/City/State: Algodones, Baja California
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments:  




Picture of Grain Belt Beer
Name of Beer: Grain Belt
Name of Brewer: Minnesota Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: R.J. Fortmann, #29557
Date First Seen in Store: July 2nd, 1998
Store/City/State: Apple Valley Liquors in Apple Valley, MN
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Also available in a 16 oz. can, generally the same label.




Picture of Hard Rock Cafe Light Gauge Beer - Front Picture of Hard Rock Cafe Light Gauge - Back
Name of Beer: Hard Rock Cafe Light Gauge Beer
Name of Brewer: Hard Rock Brewing Co (Stroh's ? - city shows Detroit)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Otto Rousek, #26606
Date First Seen in Store: August, 1998
Store/City/State: Local Beverage Store in Cleveland, OH
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: 6 packs to trade for other new issues - please e-mail first for availability
Comments:  




Picture of Hard Rock Cafe Hard Gauge Beer - Front Picture of Hard Rock Cafe Hard Gauge Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Hard Rock Cafe Hard Gauge Beer
Name of Brewer: Hard Rock Brewing Co (Stroh's ? - city shows Detroit)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Otto Rousek, #26606
Date First Seen in Store: August, 1998
Store/City/State: Local Beverage Store in Cleveland, OH
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: 6 packs to trade for other new issues - please e-mail first for availability
Comments:  




Picture of Harley Davidson Beer - Front Picture of Harley Davidson Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Harley Davidson Beer
Name of Brewer: Lienenkugel's Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Jeff Grissop
Date First Seen in Store: June 15th, 1998
Store/City/State: Albertsons in Rapid City, SD
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Commemerates the 1998 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Harley's 95th Anniversary




Picture of Hooper's Hooch
Name of Beer: Hooper's Hooch
Name of Brewer: WM. Hooper & Company
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: August 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Beer Distributer in Cranberry, PA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Probably not really a beer.....is defined as an alcoholic lemon brew 4.7 alachol by volume, sparkling malt beverage with lemon and other natural flavors. Reminds one a little of old hop n gator.




Picture of Iron City Beer
Name of Beer: Iron City Beer
Name of Brewer: Pittsburg Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: August 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Beer Distributer in Cranberry, PA
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Companion to the 12 oz. can (#18) shown in the Aug-Sep BCCA Collectables magazine.




Picture of Iron City Light
Name of Beer: Iron City Light
Name of Brewer: Pittsburg Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: August 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Beer Distributer in Cranberry, PA
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Can is a silver black with IC in gold and Light in white running from the bottom to the top of the can




Picture of Iron City Beer
Name of Beer: Iron City Beer
Name of Brewer: Pittsburg Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Otto Rousek, #26606
Date First Seen in Store: September, 1998
Store/City/State: Jack's Beverage and Deli in Westlake, OH
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles - please e-mail for availablity
Comments: Reads "The Rivalry Rocks Again In 99 - The Turnpike Series"




Picture of James Page Iron Range Amber Ale
Name of Beer: James Page Iron Range Amber Ale
Name of Brewer: James Page Brewing Co (possible contract to Schell in New Ulm, MN)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: R.J. Fortmann, #29557
Date First Seen in Store: July 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Surdyks Liquor in Minneapolis, MN
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Very colorful can. Great brewery tour, very hospitable with sampling.




Picture of Kirin Bock Beer
Name of Beer: Kirin Bock
Name of Brewer: Kirin Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Mark Richert, #17769
Date First Seen in Store: June, 1998
Store/City/State: Japan
Size of Can: 350 ML
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Quite simply, it is called Kobe Beer, but that part is written in Japanese. The more readable part is Kirin's Rich Quality Bock Type Beer (written in English, of course!) and has 'Kobe Beer' (Japanese) in white on a metallic-blue shield on a dark blue can.




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number:  
Date First Seen in Store:  
Store/City/State:  
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 1 of the series of 7. Front reads: "Miller Lite is specially brewed from the finest ingrediants and gently coerced into achieving its distinctive, refreshing demeanor". Back has the Cal-O-Meter.




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number:  
Date First Seen in Store:  
Store/City/State:  
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 2 of the series of 7. Front reads: "This beer has your name on it. No wait, it has our name on it. Whatever." Back reads "Miller Lite is not responsible for lost or stolen beer".




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: June 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Food Lion in Hampton, VA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 3 of the series of 7. Front reads: "Miller Time is unaffected by daylight savings". Back has the Cal-O-Meter.




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number:  
Date First Seen in Store:  
Store/City/State:  
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 4 of the series of 7. Front reads: "Brewed from lip smacking grains, hops and barley. (?PERO, YA LO SABES, VERDAD?)". Back has the Cal-O-Meter.




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: June 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Food Lion in Hampton, VA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 5 of the series of 7. Front reads "Not every can contains the same number of bubbles. This is intentional and gives MILLER LITE its informal character". Has a side panel that reads "As Seen on TV. Union made with cheerful enthusiasm Miller Time". Back reads "Brewed from lip smacking grains, hops and barley".




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: June 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Food Lion in Hampton, VA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 6 of the series of 7. Very similar to can #5 except side panel does not have "As seen on TV", there is a vertical panel between front & back that reads: "Hey wouldn't a bunch of these cans look good in your refrigerator?" and back has a "You are here (with an arrow)" above the vertical Miller Lite. Back has vertcial wording that reads: "My other beer is a miller lite and Tastes great less filling".




Picture of Lite Beer - Front Picture of Lite Beer - Back
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: June 20th, 1998
Store/City/State: SFW in Germantown, MD
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Can number 7 of the series of 7. Front reads: "If found, please return to: (with an address label)". Along the side it states "Any similarities of Miller Lite to other beers is purely coincidental or superficial, since no other beer is Miller Lite".




Picture of Lite Beer
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Tim Vosloh, #10626
Date First Seen in Store: August, 1998
Store/City/State: New Orleans, LA
Size of Can: 10 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: 6 Packs
Comments: Numbers 17, 18 & 19 of the new Lite can design. #19 is the easiest to get and is sold in 6paks. #17 and #18 are harder to find and are sold in 12 packs.




Picture of Lite Beer
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Chris Cushing, #29399
Date First Seen in Store: September, 1998
Store/City/State: Market Basket in Salem, NH
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Lite Miller Time can that's labeled #9, it doesn't have Cal-O-Meter and it has some writing in Spanish on the bottom and back of the can - "NO SE USE EN PINATAS"




Picture of Lite Beer
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Chris Cushing, #29399
Date First Seen in Store: September, 1998
Store/City/State: Market Basket in Salem, NH
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Lite Miller Time can that's labeled #10. On the front it says: "This beer has your name on it. No wait, it has our name on it. Whatever." On the back: "Miller Lite is easy to use: ready-to-drink, no assembly required, no batteries required."




Picture of Lite Beer
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing Co
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Jeff Grissop
Date First Seen in Store: May 1998
Store/City/State: Las Vegas, NV
Size of Can: 24 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Lite Miller Time can that's labeled #13. Front of can says "This beer has your name on it. No wait, it has our name on it. Whatever" and "May not fit in small glasses". wait




Picture of Lite Beer
Name of Beer: Lite Beer
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Morgen Van Sycle, #13944
Date First Seen in Store: June 6th, 1998
Store/City/State: Coastal in San Antonio, TX
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: It is the vertical label design and a special issue. Behind the brand is a cascarone (confetti-filled eggshell) and below that is a reference in Spanish to "Fiesta". The Fiesta celebration here was back in mid-April.




Picture of Lost Lake Beer
Name of Beer: Lost Lake Beer
Name of Brewer: Universal Sales Inc. (Minnesota Brewing)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Todd Spencer, #3499
Date First Seen in Store: September, 1998
Store/City/State: Downtown Little Rock, AR
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments:  




Picture of Miller Genuine Draft
Name of Beer: Miller Genuine Draft
Name of Brewer: Miller Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Otto Rousek, #26606
Date First Seen in Store: September, 1998
Store/City/State: Local Beverage Store in Cleveland, OH
Size of Can: 24 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Has a soccer ball in the front of the regular label and a Black & White picture of a guy kicking a soccer ball.




Picture of Old Milwaukee Light
Name of Beer: Old Milwaukee Light
Name of Brewer: Stroh Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Chris Cushing, #29399
Date First Seen in Store: June 16th, 1998
Store/City/State: Kappy's in Leominster, MA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: The Great American Beer Festival '97 - Best Tasting American Style Light Lager




Picture of Rainier Beer
Name of Beer: Rainier
Name of Brewer: Rainier Brewing Company
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Bryan Lentz, #30520
Date First Seen in Store: June 12th, 1998
Store/City/State: Lucky Liquor in Didsbury, Alberta, Canada
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: "Alberta's #1 Imported Beer" around top of label




Picture of Sierra Ice
Name of Beer: Sierra Ice
Name of Brewer: Sierra Beer Company contract to Pittsburg Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: August 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Beer Distributer in Cranberry, PA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Can is companion to Sierra and Sierra Light and follows the same format but in black and silver.




Picture of SouthPaw Light Beer
Name of Beer: SouthPaw Light
Name of Brewer: Plank Road (Miller)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Tim Vosloh, #10626
Date First Seen in Store: June 8th, 1998
Store/City/State: Southern Louisiana
Size of Can: 24 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: According to Miller, they are test marketing in Southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi




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Name of Beer: Special 800 Reserve Tropical Fruit & Mixed Fruit
Name of Brewer: Pabst: San Antonio, TX & Tumwater, WA
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: R.J. Fortmann, #29557
Date First Seen in Store: August 18th, 1998
Store/City/State: Discount Liquor in Fridley, MN
Size of Can: 16 oz.
Reporter has available for trade:  
Comments: Mixed fruit tastes like Leinie's Wild Berry




Picture of Stroh's Beer
Name of Beer: Stroh's Beer
Name of Brewer: Stroh Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Chris Cushing, #29399
Date First Seen in Store: August, 1998
Store/City/State: Market Basket in Salem, NH
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: 1997 American Beer Festival Winner




Picture of Wisconsin Amber
Name of Beer: Wisconsin Amber
Name of Brewer: Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI ("Real" brewer, but canned by Stevens Point Brewery)
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: Paul Grzeszczak, #25586
Date First Seen in Store: June 3rd, 1998
Store/City/State: Woodman's in Madison, WI
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: An early micro-brewer, Capital Brewery has bottled this beer for a decade or so, but this is the first time I've seen it in cans. Blue can with orange oval with picture of Wisconsin's state capitol at the center.




Picture of Yuengling Original Black & Tan
Name of Beer: Yuengling Original Black & Tan
Name of Brewer: DG Yuengling & Sons Brewing
Reported By & BCCA Membership Number: J. Messimore, #8642
Date First Seen in Store: August 1st, 1998
Store/City/State: Beer Distributer in Cranberry, PA
Size of Can: 12 oz.
Reporter has available for trade: Singles
Comments: Another black can in the Yuengling eagle tradition




Last updated by Scott & Laura Spencer on 1/2/99

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