<Tr> <Td> Mama's Little Yella Pils </Td> <Td> Pilsner </Td> </Tr> <P> Oskar Blues Brewery is a craft brewery with locations in Longmont, Colorado, Brevard, North Carolina, and Austin, Texas . The company began as a brewpub in Lyons in 1997 and began brewing beer in the basement in 1999 . In 2002, they became one of the first to put their own craft beer in cans . In 2012, they began marketing some of their craft beer in resealable aluminum containers, and in 2012, they expanded and established another brewery in Brevard, North Carolina . Unlike many craft breweries, Oskar Blues only packages their beer in cans and kegs, not bottles . </P> <P> Oskar Blues Original Grill & Brew Restaurant was founded by Dale Katechis in Lyons, Colorado in 1997 . Two years later, he began brewing beer in the basement of the restaurant . </P> <P> Some credit Oskar Blues as the creator of the "first released canned craft beer in the United States" with the release of their Dale's Pale Ale in November 2002 . Other writers point to an earlier beer, Chief Oshkosh Red Lager which was brewed and canned at an existing brewery, as the "first canned craft beer" in June 17, 1991, although its producer, the Mid-Coast Brewing company, closed in 1994 . Four other companies produced canned craft beers prior to Oskar Blues, although the canning was done by larger companies under contract . Regardless of the first, by 2011 about 50 U.S. craft brewers were issuing craft beer in cans . In 2009, Oskar Blues Brewery sponsored an event called "Burning Can" which brought together other craft brewers who were using cans for their beers . </P>

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