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Lately we have been hearing from new breweries that they have stopped using mobile canning or worst have not even tried mobile canning due to bad experiences. Well, let us assure you that all mobile canners are not created equal!

Here is why you can have CONFIDENCE using WilCraft Can:

We will be first to say there is a right time for a brewery to buy their own canning line but the tipping point is usually when they are supporting weekly runs with a weekly output of ~1000 cases and it makes business sense.

Not producing at that level and still think it’s right for you?

At WilCraft Can, we do not have a contract that forces you to commit with us for a year. We feel strongly that our customers do not need to sign a contract, and we expect to earn your business each and every time. If you would like to schedule recurring runs with us, we are happy to fix your canning fee for 12 months. There is no obligation from you, and you can back out at any time. We work with you to meet your needs, not the other way around.

With it being tax time, and if you are like us, you are having lots of conversations with your Accountant. If you get a chance, ask them about fixed costs versus variable costs and what is better for your books. As a mobile canner we allow you to keep your canning costs as a variable cost, so you only pay for units you can. You don't have to worry about an expensive asset sitting on your books that you have to pay for whether you use it or not.

I am surprised to find out that other mobile canners and canning line manufacturers are telling breweries how high to carb their beer. As a brewery you should have the ability to carb your beer as you see fit for the proper mouth feel and head formation. If you want a 2.8 carb you should be able to can your beer at a 2.8 carb. Thanks to our counter pressure filler from Codi we can can beer with a higher carb.

At WilCraft Can, we are able to focus on the quality of your precious liquid as it is being put into the cans. This is made possible by our Codi Counter Pressure, because our filling line consistently fills cans irrespective of slight fluctuations in product temperature and carb load. So, instead of constantly adjusting flow rates into the fill heads, we are able to focus on recording fill weights, testing for dissolved oxygen, and assisting our customers with final pack-off.

Are you wondering what comes out of the end of that hose it is sparkling water. At WilCraft Can we have developed a cart that we can connect up to your water supply and instantaneously change this from still water to sparkling water. Our customers can then add a flavoring agent or we can just can sparkling water. This eliminates the need for a bright tank to carbonate your water. This carbonated water supply can then be pushed right into our filler bowl and into cans.

At WilCraft Can, we have heard stories about how other mobile canners completely fill the can with liquid, then they use the can end to push out the overflow. At WilCraft Can we know this should never be done in any liquid product, especially those liquids that are pressurized. Based on all our experience filling pressurized products, we know how critical having headspace is. In fact, the beverage cans are designed to have headspace in them. You may be wondering why a picture of bottles instead of cans. So you can see how all liquid products use headspace, and since we can't see through cans we get to show the importance of headspace with bottles.

Most mobile canners claim to do a Clean-in-Place (CIP) process before they put your precious liquid through their machine, however these machines (1) cannot handle high temperatures, (2) cannot handle caustic solutions and (3) some do not offer recirculation. Thankfully the experts at Codi Manufacturing thought of all of this and offer a machine that can be CIP'd with caustic at high temperatures, and what’s more you can recirculate your CIP solutions past all the wetted surfaces on the machine. They even thought of adding a CIP screen that lets you set the time of your CIP cycle, so you know with confidence that you are following proper CIP procedure.

Have you ever wanted to can just a few cases of a product to test it with your customers or sell through your tasting room? Well fear not! WilCraft Can has you covered. We are able to can any number of cases you would like directly from kegs so you don’t need to tie up a fermenter or a bright tank waiting for canning day. We start by canning your beer from your bright tank and then simply change over to can some of your other kegged beer.

Time is a limited resource for all of us, and we all wish we had more of it. I know a number of our brewery partners appreciate that they have more time for brewing their beer since they don't have to worry about packaging their own beer with a semi-automated/manual canning line. Last week, we canned 900 plus cases in one day for one of our brewery partners. This would normally take two days for other mobile canners and for breweries running a semi-automatic line this would take over 1 week. Please click on "Read More" to learn more details about how WilCraft Can allows you to free up your precious Human Resources so they can focus on brewing your great beer.

If you have a need to keg beer while we are canning, our canning line allows you to do that. This works great for our brewery partners that have a need to quickly free up their bright tank capacity. We were at a brewery last week that wanted to keg while we were canning and this worked beautifully. Click "Read More" to learn why we are a different mobile canner.

I spent 20 years in corporate America, and I have never been able to say that I was excited to go to work. Today, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning, I couldn't sleep because I was so excited to can beer. Every day on this job, I have been excited to put our customers great liquid into a great container. I enjoy the challenges and the opportunity to improve. @Brewfinity, thank you for your business we had a great time putting your beer in cans. I am looking forward to doing it again soon.

WilCraft Can also offers dissolved oxygen testing services to those customers that have their own canning line. We will bring our Hach Orbisphere 3100, our Zahn Piercer, our Perlick adapter, and our can shaker to your brewery to test your DO's and TPO's. After testing, we will provide recommendations on how you can reduce the dissolved oxygen in your liquid and how you can improve your TPO's by reducing the oxygen in the headspace of your container.

WilCraft Can is now up-and-running! So far we have filled hundreds of cases of beer and we have more on the schedule over the next few weeks. The maiden voyage was not without some hiccups but the WilCraft boys 30+ years of filling experience made it a success. And with minor tweaks the line is running like a top. Quality is job 1 and that is the WilCraft Can difference.

We drove to Colorado to pick-up what we feel is the best mobile canning line and depalletizer. We drove this equipment back through the mountains so we know that it can handle the mobile aspect of the business. We are just glad that most of our customers in the Midwest don't require that we drive through the mountains to can their product.

Our counter pressure filler allows us to offer a different alternative from our competition for filling your valuable liquid. All other mobile canners in the area use open air fillers. Our canning line is different and allows for much better control of fills and oxygen pick-up.

Our Customers product quality is important to us. That is why all our operating team members are FaBsafe, Food and Beverage Safety, certified. Investing our time and money in this training is important to us. We make sure we have the proper procedures in place and validated to prevent microbial contamination in your product.

WilCraft Can's operating team has 30 plus years of filling experience. You can trust us to be your beverage filling expert. We thoroughly understand the technical needs associated with filling and packaging your beverage. Our expertise in filling makes us the perfect partner for your mobile canning needs.

WilCraft Can was able to spend a few days with the team from Ninth Planet Beverage Solutions. These experts in mobile canning were kind enough to share their knowledge on the best way to operate their Codi Canning Line.

WilCraft Can just took delivery of their 26 foot International truck with 3,000 pound capacity Maxon lift gate. This truck truly brings the mobile to our mobile canning operations. We will be able unload our canning operation seamlessly at your facility whether you have a loading dock or not.

At WilCraft Can, we are committed to providing a quality product. More than words, it is reason why we have carefully researched and invested in equipment to ensure we are providing our customers with the highest quality product. Here are some examples of these investments.