Comments on: The Great Can vs Bottle Debate

By: 21st Amendment Brewery – Monk’s Blood – Belgian Dark Ale « Basicallyred – To Be Read, Basically

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:15:55 +0000

[...] the brew more approachable for the novice. (For more on the great can vs bottle debate, see this post by Grapes and Grains NYC.) The other great thing about 21st’s cans is the attention to [...]

By: David Flaherty

David Flaherty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:11:40 +0000

Chris, you’re absolutely right. Oskar Blues also makes Mama’s Lil Yella Pils, which smacks you in the mouth with its freshness and vitality which I think is partly due to it being in a can.

And in terms of the environmental impact, any weight reduction in the storage vessel makes a huge impact when you factor them being shipped around the country and the world. Those numbers add up quick and so does the fuel to transport them.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:55:10 +0000

Dales Pale Ale is amazing. I’ve also had that Belgian in a can. It’s kind of a shock when you taste such tasty beer in a can – it’s so unexpected. I hope more micro brewers and craft brewer will sell their beer in cans.

I think the can could be more environmentally friendly than the bottle, especially if they were made from recycled aluminum, they must have a lower transportation cost. But I think re-using your purchased bottles for your own homebrew might be the best re-use recycle low impact you can do as a beer drinker.

By: Bottles vs. Cans? « Austin Brew

Bottles vs. Cans? « Austin Brew — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:54 +0000

[...] anti-can opinion was not supported by all. Some brewers say that cans allow less light and air into the beer and thus make the beer better. The cans also [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:43:41 +0000

This is an excellent essay. Just goes to show that it rarely pays to make sweeping generalizations, especially when just one innovation in canning or bottling technology can make you look like a traditionalist fool.

You’ve found a new reader here! Looking forward to keeping up with you.

Dan
Casual Kitchen

By: David (pampdog) Palmer

David (pampdog) Palmer — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:31:31 +0000

Nice expose my friend. Bottles baby…bottles. Best beer I ever tasted was (forgive me) a Bud Light in Alabama on a 100 degree 95 % humidity day. The air felt like a wet blanket and we stopped by some nappy redneck gas station that had one of those old case refrigerators that kept the beer at 31 degrees. I was drenched with sweat and I opened that bottle to the sweetest pffft sound I’d ever heard and I remember the ghost evaporating out of the top into the wet humid air. I put the bottle to my lips and tasted beer nectar as that crisp liquid entered my bod and cooled down my core. It was heaven. Couldn’t have happened with a can. But then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.