The craft-beer industry has been making a gradual pivot to canned beer for many years now, but it’s only recently that we noticed the clear majority of good beer comes in cans—sometimes, exclusively in cans. This is great news for your summer plans, because cans are the perfect vessel for summertime drinking. They’re super portable, and they won’t smash into shards for your bare feet to impale themselves on. You can fit more cans into a backpack, and their opacity keeps out the summer sun and prevents them from spoiling. (Even the darkest glass bottles can’t compete with a bright, cloudless day at the peak of Oregon summer.) Cans are far more efficient, too, meaning you can throw them in the cooler with some ice and they’ll cool down much faster than bottles. And importantly, they’re easier to recycle.
Read on for 10 newly canned Oregon beers that you’ll want to crack open this summer.