Pakistan

Pakistan has been a cross roads of culture since man began wandering about. The Murree's brewery was established in 1861 to provide for Her Majesty Queen Victoria's troops. It has maneuvered through the series of governments since and recently began to issue cans. The red Murree Beer has a date of 24/04/2001 stamped near the rim and is the oldest date I know of for a can brewed and canned in the country. There are a couple of non-alcoholic brands issued by the brewery as well, but since there are alcoholic versions, I have not chased them down to place on the shelves.

The lid is from a 1980's vintage Heineken can, and was the oldest can I knew of that has proof of Pakistani use until a few years ago when I picked up a straight steel San Miguel with a Pakastani International Airlines sticker along the bottom of the label.

This is the only one I have seen on shelves,

though I suspect there a re a few more here or there.

The extruded steel version I know came from

Pakistan. It does not have an ISO 9001 statement.

This Aluminum version is air sealed and probably

came off a German can company line. Among the differences, it has "An ISO 9001 Certified" seam text

PIA is for Pakistan International Airlines.

The Heineken can itself is common, the lid stamp is very rare.

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