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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, AuguST 31, 2019
Beer fans ‘CANvention’ opens in New Mexico
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In middle
school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through
Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his
twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a
pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into a life-
time pursuit.
“We’d go to junior high and trade beer
cans,” says Scoglietti, now 57. “Today, I do
it all the time.”
On Thursday, the twin brothers wel-
comed hundreds of other beer can collec-
tors in Albuquerque to “CANvention,” an
annual gathering sponsored by the Fenton,
Missouri-based Brewery Collectibles Club
of America. For 49 years, the group and
its predecessor, the Beer Can Collectors of
America, have organized conventions cel-
ebrating vintage beer cans from brewers
around the world.
Collectors came to trade, buy and sell
beer cans dating as far back as the post-Pro-
hibition era. They examined special-edi-
tion cans dedicated to NFL teams selling for
only $5 to those from the 1930s going for
up to $3,000.
Some collectors traded beer cans con-
nected to the thousands of craft brewers who
used complicated art to adorn their cans.
Others featured Chicano images while some
focused on the regional landscapes of their
brewers.
Dave Gausepohl, a board member of the
Brewery Collectibles Club of America, said
some of the mostly empty vessels of beer
are selling for hundreds, while collectors are
opting to swap their six-packs with fellow
fans of foam.
“I got into this when I was in the fourth
grade,” said Gausepohl, 54, who lives in
Florence, Kentucky. “And I never looked
back.”
The CANvention started after collec-
tor Denver Wright, Jr. placed an ad in a St.
Louis newspaper in 1969 looking for like-
minded compatriots. He and a group of
newfound friends met in April 1970 and put
together their first gathering a few months
later.
Rich La Susa, 67, of Gold Canyon, Ari-
zona, said he has attended all but one of the
gatherings. “It’s more about friendships than
Russell Contreras/AP Photo
ABOVE: Vintage midcentury beer cans are on display in Albuquerque, N.M., at the 49th annual
gathering of members of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America. RIGHT: A 1930s-era beer
can from the Manhattan Brewing Co., connected with mobster Al Capone, sits on display.
cans,” La Susa said. “It sounds trite. Cans
are an avenue at collecting friends.”
But sometimes the rush comes from find-
ing a gem, La Susa said.
That’s what happened to Scott Field, a
land surveyor in Beaverton. A few years
ago, he was near a lake when he saw a can
partially buried in the ground. He dug it out
and found a 1930s-era beer can from the
Manhattan Brewing Co. of Chicago — a
company some believe had links to mobster
Al Capone.
“He was probably in jail by the time this
was made,” Field said as he held the rusted
can. “A lot of history here.”
After the swapping ends, some partici-
pants said they were going to a beer tasting
to investigate the Albuquerque craft brew-
ing scene. La Susa said he will be looking
for unique cans.
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