For Sneaky Beer Drinkers

[Scout26]

Will be a repeated blind taste test, remember it will be served in glasses.

First, I take all your booze, then I get you to kiss my ass at high noon and videotape it.  This is the best day evar !!!!

[charby]

First, I take all your booze, then I get you to kiss my ass at high noon and videotape it.  This is the best day evar !!!!

I haven't come up with what you are going to do when you loose.

[SADShooter]

I haven't come up with what you are going to do when you loose.

After drinking the beer, he may be very loose, indeed...

[Scout26]

I haven't come up with what you are going to do when you loose.

Nothing.  The challenge is for me to tell the difference, should I not be able to (doubtful), there is no downside for me. 

[roo_ster]

Nothing.  The challenge is for me to tell the difference, should I not be able to (doubtful), there is no downside for me. 

Bottoms up!

[charby]

After drinking the beer, he may be very loose, indeed...

Maybe I'll have adulterate the beer a bit. Chocolate Belgium style beer?? Anyone?

[zahc]

Cans are better for beer transportation and storage than bottles, easily. Less breakable, lighter, keeps the beer in the dark, requires no opener. Neither container is particularly suitable for beer drinking. You should be drinking from the proper beer glass. Claiming that bottles are better for drinking from=snobbery fail.

My problem with cans is that ignorant packagers, retail workers, and consumers don't understand that you need to store most styles of unfiltered beer vertically. People intuitively keep bottles right side up for some reason, even though they don't leak if you put them horizontal. This does not apply to cans. People seem to think that if it comes in a can you just treat it like pop.

[zahc]

Double

[Ben]

How dare Herohog steal my thunder on the Koozie, so I'm posting pics anyway (and yes I'm including product placement to brag about my new shop vac)! 

[Ben]

On the cans, I'm seeing quite a bit of higher end stuff coming in cans. Of those I've tried, I'm not sure I could tell the difference between a can and a bottle. Honestly, I'd probably have an easier time telling the difference between Bud in a bottle or can versus a microbrew, and it could be, as noted, due to the type of cans used.

My preference is beer in bottles, but the Mr Beer brews I've been making have been going in the plastic bottles, and they've been coming out quite good.

[charby]

Honestly, I'd probably have an easier time telling the difference between Bud in a bottle or can versus a microbrew, and it could be, as noted, due to the type of cans used.

Maybe 30 years ago or longer, but I bet you can't tell the difference between bud from a bottle or can if it was handed to you in a glass now.

My social beer is Miller Lite from a can*, but I keep a few bottles around for those folks who say can tell the difference between canned and bottle beer. So far no one has been able to tell the difference when I give to them blind in glasses. Usually do multiple trials: sometimes I put canned beer in both glasses, sometimes both are bottles, sometimes I do one of each. What is funny is someone will say that with two clean glasses from the same bottle taste different. Most people change their mind about their "skills" after the test.

I do know some people prefer to drink beer from a bottle or can because of the vessel delivery or mouth feel.

*cans because bottles tend to get broken in the garage bar.

[MillCreek]

How dare Herohog steal my thunder on the Koozie, so I'm posting pics anyway (and yes I'm including product placement to brag about my new shop vac)! 

That, uh, looks pretty Rigid there, Ben!

[RoadKingLarry]

If you can taste the difference in a blind taste test from drinking glassed between canned or bottles Fat Tire, I'll kiss your ass.

That's only because Fat Tire tastes like horse whiz no matter what it comes in.

[Phyphor]

The ass kissing will be videotaped an posted on youtube.   (remind me not to wipe that day.... )

 

I'm not sure what's worse.  Vikings 4chan-style images or THAT image.... 

[charby]

First, I take all your booze, then I get you to kiss my ass at high noon and videotape it.  This is the best day evar !!!!

Think you could tell the difference between canned or bottled "Not Your Father's Rootbear" served blindly in a glass?

[RocketMan]

Part of the problem with beer in cans is the taste of the aluminum where you interface with the can.  You have to actually pour the beer into a glass to get around that, like they do with draft beers.

This is an interesting observation.  Over the years I've grown to prefer drinking beer from bottles or a glass as I can definitely taste a difference when drinking it from a can.  Even beer in lined cans seems to taste somewhat metallic.
I've never done a blind taste test of the same beer from a bottle and a can poured in glasses.  It would be fun to try.

[HeroHog]

My dad won many a bar bet by betting someone couldn't tell their favorite beer from one they supposedly despised after they had had a few of their beers first.

[charby]

My dad won many a bar bet by betting someone couldn't tell their favorite beer from one they supposedly despised after they had had a few of their beers first.

I've seen it done with bourbon, one guy would only drink Jim Beam and they said they can taste the difference between the bourbons. They all took turns at who's house was cocktail night. Well one of his drinking buddies filled a Jim Beam bottle with High Ten, served it to him on cocktail night and the guy thought he was drinking Jim Beam. This went on for years before they told him.

[MechAg94]

A lot of taste is mental, IMO.  There might be some people somewhere who have delicate taste senses enough to tell the difference, but most don't. 

[wmenorr67]

Cans have their place, like at pools or parks where they don't want glass containers.