Bottle Or Can? The Great Beer Debate Rages On. (shelf, use, vs)

[D217]

Originally Posted by Asheville Native

Transportation in a bottle or can really isn't a factor, but drink it out of a pint glass, because bottle or can blocks half the experience, the aroma.

[DaIceman]

Originally Posted by mensaguy

None of the beer I like to drink is available in cans, so <for me, the question is moot.

Agreed. I've never seen a good Belgian beer in a can, but I'm sure willing to keep looking...

[rainroosty]

I quit the bottle when I was weaned.

[LeisureMan]

I have always felt cans were a sign of either stinginess or low class, because buying beer in cans is/was always cheaper than by bottles. That is not to say that I haven't had my sahre of beer in cans.

I prefer the bottle. I also always believe that glass keeps a beverage colder longer than aluminum.

BTW...As pretty as they are, I too hate the effect of the green bottle. Stella Artois should never be skunky, dammit!!

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by DaIceman

Agreed. I've never seen a good Belgian beer in a can, but I'm sure willing to keep looking...

There are more all the time... here are a few:

Belgian Beer in Cans - Trappist Beer in Cans | Go Craft Cans Blog

Here's a new one in cans from New Belgium:

CraftCans.com - Shift *(New Belgium Brewing Company)

Here's a review of 8 Beers from Belgium in cans:


Sampling eight Belgian canned beers | Chad'z Beer Reviews #459 - YouTube

[Annuvin]

Originally Posted by DaIceman

Agreed. I've never seen a good Belgian beer in a can, but I'm sure willing to keep looking...

I've never had a good Belgian beer. It's overrated swill, IMHO.

I never understood how these silly beer snobs would turn their nose up at Molson Canadian and then turn to the bartender and order Stella Artois. Really? Is Stella Artois not a mass produced lager as well (i.e. the "Molson Canadian of Belgium")???

As for the can vs. bottle debate, I don't care what my beer comes in as long as its not green bottles. Skunky beer is nasty (although it seems the Dutch enjoy it that way!).

[23145tp]

We buy only cans of beer for both picnics and parties.

[smokingGun]

More and more craft brews are coming out in cans. I think it's a marketing gimmick to appeal to the hipsters and Gen-Yers who've made cans "legit" again. Actually there was a beer blog that compared craft ales from cans versus the same brews from bottles and they concluded that cans tasted better & poured a better head.

[greg42]

Cans are to beer as screw tops are to wine. A lot of cheap beer comes in cans, and a lot of cheap wine comes in screw top bottles. Good beer also comes in cans and good wine in screw top, and the preservation of the product is arguably better in each case. But it won't stop some people from associating the can or screw top with lower quality products.

[movintime]

Originally Posted by greg42

Cans are to beer as screw tops are to wine. A lot of cheap beer comes in cans, and a lot of cheap wine comes in screw top bottles. Good beer also comes in cans and good wine in screw top, and the preservation of the product is arguably better in each case. But it won't stop some people from associating the can or screw top with lower quality products.

Greg, from cats to booze, you do it ALL!

Just joking, but you're right, screw caps, though cheesy sounding, are better than corks as air can't filter thru a screw cap as it can a cork.