The three pioneering Felinfoel Brewery beer cans sold by Peter Francis for £1300.
In the long history of beer, the can is a relative newcomer. The first canned beer came with the end of Prohibition in the US – the shiny new light-weight packaging used by Krueger’s in Richmond, Virgina, to market a pasteurised beverage from January 1935.
British ales were more problematic. Reacting with tin in a cold climate, the result was a metallic taste. It was not until the Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, came up with the idea of coating the inside of the cans with an inert wax that the taste challenge was met.