Brewery Terra Firma employs Mobile Canning Systems for packaging their drink

Brewery Terra Firma is joining hands with Michigan Mobile Canning Systems to package gallons of Manitou Amber Ale into sixteen-ounce aluminium cans which will be ready to hit the shelves by spring.

John Niedermaier had been waiting for the shipment of 65,000 prototype cans to reach him until they finally arrived on February 20th which meant that he could finally put his brand of beverage in the cans and launch the first run of the brewery’s product in cans.

The Brewery was opened in the summer of 2013 across a 10-acre plot in the Garfield Township with plenty of room for expansion when the time is right. Niedermaier grows his own pumpkins and hops which he uses to create special brews.

The money for the canning was raised through a public fundraiser campaign throughout January yielding $3,500 of the total $10,000 needed for the process.

The company sold its kegs in northern and western Michigan now with the cans it hopes to expand further.

"The smartest thing to do is to bite off little chunks at a time." You have to be able to get them product and then maintain their inventory. If you do it too fast everything blows up," said Niedermaier.