It's a long story, and best explained by the weirdos who collect beer cans (don't worry Jarrod, a hessian bag full of emptys doesn't count as a "collection")...

"...Tennent's Lager, by Tennent's Caledonian Breweries of Glasgow, Scotland; this brewery owes a large part of its fame to the many beautiful sets produced from the early '60s to the late '80s, now probably the most cherished collectable cans, both for their subjects and for the high quality printing process known as Reprotherm, a technique which allows excellent colour pictures also on two-piece cans..."

Bless him! Thank Christo for dorks.
Here are a few links for "beer can kooks"
enjoy...

ANDY'S COLLECTION PAGES - Girls on Cans

From Sicilia - Maurizio D'Arro's Beer Can site (Tennents page)

Maurizio's page of all other things "beerish"...

A collection of beer cans from around the world (even Oz)

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