[Charles Martel]

Did you have to use a “church key” to open it? I believe they already had pop tops in the 80s though.

I’d bet not too many here under age 40 have ever heard of a church key.

There were pull-tab pop-tops in the early '70s - maybe earlier. By the late '70s, the "stay-tab" took over.

IIRC, there is (or was) a craft brewery in the northwest that's using flat-top cans again. Maybe the cans are cheaper without the captive pop-tops. It'd be interesting if it came full-circle.

[T-Bone Texan]

Is it me, or is the trend in craft brewing to put the beer in cans?

High end canned beer seems to have exploded in the last 18 months.