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Brewery G Heileman Brewing Company Date 1983
Type Tab (Pull), 12-2, Wide Price 2
Company American Can Company Code 161
Details Newer can variation has the long tappered neck. Theory is that this allows the top lid to be smaller diameter, and actually a cost savings design since it allows for less metal in the lid. May not seem like major cost difference, but over millions of cans produced, possibly so.

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