best beer you ever had from a can

[JetSmooth]

Cans for camping, FTW! Just get a mesh shopping bag and plunk 'em down in a snowmelt runoff creek (lashed to a tree root of course) while setting up camp. Chills 'em super good.

Get 16's for less can to carry back, or even Foster's if you're not too particular.

 

[TheWeeb]

Old Chub sets the standard for Scottish Ale, just as Ten Fidy does for Imperial Stout and The Gubna does for Imperial IPA. My humble opinion of course, but all Cans!

 

[humann_brewing]

What supposedly makes a can better (a more ideal storage container) than a bottle for beer, and a bag in box better than a bottle for wine?

hard to take glass to the beach, that was my reason this last summer.

 

[billtzk]

Ok cans and bag in a box wine is considered better for the earth. I box of wine (the fancy ones not the crappy ones) costs the same to ship as 1 bottle of wine: HOWEVER the box of wine holds aprox 3 or 4 bottles of wine (volume wise) they are shipping a bladder and a little bit of cardboard and not all that glass.

Same with cans aluminum weighs alot less than glass so again the same amount of beer costs far less to ship.

Yes both block uv rays and as far as wine, the micro oxidation is minimal like only a couple days and then your supposed to out the bottle on it's side ti a oid any further oxidation...and oxygen has to pass through a cork so really I don't buy the argument that much!

Shipping cost is not the only cost associated with the packaging of beer and wine. I'm not sure about bag in box wine compare to bottled wine as far as packaging costs and environmental impact. Bottles can be recycled and increasingly are in communities across the US. The cardboard box that a box wine comes in is recyclable, but the mylar bag inside is not.

But when it comes to cans vs bottles, bottles wins hands down from an environmental impact perspective. Both are recyclable and both commonly are recycled. But glass bottles are much cheaper to produce than aluminum cans when you consider the entire manufacturing process.

Laying a wine bottle on its side serves to keep the cork moist so it doesn't dry out. The micro-oxygenation through the cork continues regardless of the orientation of the bottle. This is why all wines eventually oxidize in the bottle and become unpalatable at some point.

 

[Jago]

Summer Shandy from a can under Devil's Tower for the win!

 

[TheWeeb]

But when it comes to cans vs bottles, bottles wins hands down from an environmental impact perspective. Both are recyclable and both commonly are recycled. But glass bottles are much cheaper to produce than aluminum cans when you consider the entire manufacturing process.

This is an interesting debate; from what I have read it does take much more energy to produce aluminum cans than it does glass bottles, at least for that first iteration. Recycling each takes about the same energy, however. It costs less to recycle cans than bottles. Over 40% of beer cans are now made out of recycled aluminum vs. 20-30% for glass bottles. If you put this up against the fuel costs from shipping - estimated at 35% less than that of shipping glass - I think cans win the environmental debate. Plus, while aluminum can be recycled without much thought as to type, glass must be separated by color, by hand, which further increased the cost of recycling.

Not my own analysis, simply pulled from some sources;
http://www.slate.com/id/2186219/
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/05/the-environmental-beer-battle-cans-vs-bottles-katie-feldhaus/
http://www.kegworks.com/blog/2010/06/02/canning-craft-beer-saves-money-and-energy/

 

[Ludovico]

Nuff said

 

[TheWeeb]

This is turning into a "SHOW US YOUR CANS" thread. That would be awesome, but probably end up in the boneyard.

Not Good Beer In A Can:

 

[brrman]

I think cans are great for distribution. What I hate is drinking from the can. Problem solved by pouring into a glass (not a plastic solo cup you frat boys)...

 

[humann_brewing]

This is turning into a "SHOW US YOUR CANS" thread. That would be awesome, but probably end up in the boneyard.

Not Good Beer In A Can:

oh man, I had the guys that sell meat out of the back of their truck in a chest freezer show up while I was brewing in the front yard.

The guy asked if I could make him one of those???

 

[carnevoodoo]

Maui Coconut Porter and Bikini Blonde are both amazing canned beers. I like the Caldera beers, I think Old Chub is good, Ten Fidy is ok, and Gubna is not great, but I appreciate the packaging. As long as the beer is poured from the can into a glass.

 

[Yooper]

Shipping cost is not the only cost associated with the packaging of beer and wine. I'm not sure about bag in box wine compare to bottled wine as far as packaging costs and environmental impact. Bottles can be recycled and increasingly are in communities across the US. The cardboard box that a box wine comes in is recyclable, but the mylar bag inside is not.

But when it comes to cans vs bottles, bottles wins hands down from an environmental impact perspective. Both are recyclable and both commonly are recycled. But glass bottles are much cheaper to produce than aluminum cans when you consider the entire manufacturing process.

Yes..............BUT. Suddenly, we have no place to recycle bottles. At least in our area, the cost of recycling glass became prohibitive for any of our facilities. No one that I know of (within 100 miles) will take any glass of any type.

 

[mikeysab]

I've only had the pork slap, but can't wait to try the rest. I also bought a bottle of Sierra Nevada homegrown estate ale. THAT beer is awesome.

 

[mikeysab]

Anybody know how to make my picture bigger? do i have to upload it bigger, or change it after I upload it?

 

[tnvol]

I don't mind beer from a can provided it's served in a glass. Having said that, if I really want a beer, a can is fine. I just prefer a glass or a bottle.

 

[carnevoodoo]

I don't mind beer from a can provided it's served in a glass. Having said that, if I really want a beer, a can is fine. I just prefer a glass or a bottle.

well, to be fair, I don't drink out of bottles either. You just can't get everything out of a beer if it is in its shipping container.

 

[chumprock]

We just received a beer trade from a guy in MN...

There's a lot of good beer in cans.

 

[camatt2989]

i like having Newcastle around but found it in a can the other day. I don't think i could go back!

 

[tnvol]

i like having Newcastle around but found it in a can the other day. I don't think i could go back!

I've never had it in a can but Newcastle on tap or even in a bottle is about my favorite commercial beer. I love the stuff.

 

[cfonnes]

Gotta love the BMC commercial.

An oldie but a goodie.

 

[steinsato]

Santa Fe Brewing Co. just started canning this year. They now have an Oktoberfest, Happy Camper IPA, and Pilsner all in the can.

 

[Jaysus]

I'll take Sly Fox for the win please, Alex.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Oh, I almost forgot about Old Chub! I love Old Chub in the can.

Oh, come on Yoop, That was sooooo deliberate I can't make a joke about it!

 

[nutty_gnome]

I'll take Sly Fox for the win please, Alex.

Is Sly Fox outta PA canning now? They make a great saison.....

 

[chumprock]

Is Sly Fox outta PA canning now? They make a great saison.....

They make a lot of their beers in cans now, and are hoping to be the first US brewery to widget their O'Reily's Stout.

They also contract Brewer's Art Ressurection Ale in cans.

 

[dap325]

I love canned beers. You don't expect to open a can of beer and smell a hop bomb, but when you do it kinda throws you off. Not in a bad way of course. I just had the pleasure to pour a glass of Gandhi Bot DIPA from a can a few weeks back. One of my top 3 in that style for sure.. it was delicious.

 

[mikeysab]

I just saw an octoberfest in the can from Sly Fox. I was gonna buy it, but I went with the Butternuts variety pack instead. I didn't know it was a PA brewery. I like to try local beers, haven't been let down yet......scratch that, Troegs Mad Elf was horrendous.

 

[mikeysab]

Didn't someone have yoop saying "i love old chub in the can" as their sig awhile back....or still?

 

[steinsato]

:cross:I don't why drinking beer in the can is so great. I prefer to drink it at the bar.

 

[Houblon]

Couple beer can pics