Hiki i ka Great Revivalist Brew Lab ma Geneseo ke kiʻi i nā lako e pono ai i kāna huahana, akā no ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka hui i kahi mea kūʻai nui, piʻi paha nā kumukūʻai.

Mea kākau: Josh Lamberty (WQAD)

GENESEO, Ill. — E pii koke ana ke kumukuai o ka pia hana.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana nui loa o ka ʻāina i nā kini alumini (https://www.erjinpack.com/standard-can-355ml-product/) ke koi nei i nā hale hana breweries e kūʻai i nā kini he nui a lawe i kā lākou ʻoihana ma kahi ʻē.

Ma Great Revivalist Brew Lab ma Geneseo, ʻo ka alumini ka mea nui i ka ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia lā.

"Maʻamau wau e hele ma waena o ʻelua a ʻekolu pallets o nā kini i hoʻokahi mahina," wahi a Scott Lehnert, ka mea nona ka hale inu.

ʻO kahi pallet ma kahi o 7,000 mau kini, wahi a Lehnert. Ua kūʻai mai nei ʻo ia i ʻelima mau pallet ka waiwai, a i ʻole ma kahi o 35,000 mau kini, no ka hana ʻana i ka wā hoʻomaha.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lehnert ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kiʻi i kāna mau kini alumini mai kahi mea hoʻolaha nui, akā ke hele nei ʻo ia ma kahi mea kūʻai nui.

"Makemake au i hele mākou i nā kini nui e loaʻa iā lākou ma o Ball Corp," wahi a Lehnert. "Akā ʻoiai he mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka lākou e hana no laila pono ʻoe e kūʻai i kahi liʻiliʻi nui."

Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe kēia mea hana i ka helu liʻiliʻi o nā kini e pono ai e kūʻai mai kahi ʻoihana a i ʻole ka hale ʻoihana mai kahi 200,000 a i kahi 1 miliona. Ma Great Revivalist Brew Lab, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ka nui o nā kini ma ka lima.

"ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole loa," wahi a Lehnert. "Pono ʻoe i kahi hale kūʻai nui maikaʻi no kēlā."

ʻO ka mea kūʻai nui ʻo Lehnert e hoʻohana iā ia e kūʻai wale i kāna mea e pono ai, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole pono nā hui nui, e like me Ball, e kūʻai pololei aku i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e kauoha i nā kini liʻiliʻi.

Eia naʻe, hoʻokahi hopu.

"I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou, e uku ana paha mākou ma kahi o 14 keneta o ke kini," wahi a Lehnert. "I kēia manawa, ke manaʻo nei au me kēia hoʻouna hope loa i loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o hoʻokahi mahina i hala aku nei, ma kahi o 33 keneta o ke kini, no laila ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua."

A laila hāʻawi ʻia kēlā kumukūʻai i ka mea kūʻai aku, wahi a Lehnert.

"He mea hilahila," wahi āna. "ʻIke wale mākou i kēia e hana nei ma nā wahi āpau."

Ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka hale kūʻai i kahi mea kūʻai nui no kāna mau lako, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lehnert ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna mea e pono ai.

"E hana ana, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻanuʻu hou i laila, no laila ʻoi aku ke kālā," wahi a Lehnert.

Ua koi ʻia kēia kaʻina hana iā Lehnert e noʻonoʻo i mua, e noʻonoʻo pinepine ana ma kahi o hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o kāna mea e pono ai no ke kauoha ʻana i loaʻa iā ia nā lako e pono ai, wahi a Lehnert.

"ʻAʻole wau makemake e lilo i kumu no ka pau ʻana o kahi huahana," wahi āna.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lehnert e piʻi pū ana nā kumukūʻai no nā huahana ʻē aʻe āna e kūʻai nei, me ka plastic a me ka pahu pahu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo kekahi o ia kumu ma muli o ka hemahema o ke kaʻa kaʻa.