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Beer thread:

What's the difference (in taste) between canned and bottled beer?

I've been drinking a lot of Guinness lately and I'm not sure which I like more, but the cans seem cheaper so I think I'm gonna roll with that.

But is there an actual taste difference? I don't believe the metallic bullshit, but I've sometimes heard that it comes down to: Bottles allow light to hit the beer but are more aesthetic so psychologically more enjoyable to drink... Though the light doesn't impact dark beers as much as it does light beers.

Anyone know?

>> No.6243452

>>6243417
jus b urself

>> No.6243455

They took the widgets out of the bottles, not sure if the cans still have them. No light is getting in a Naughtiness Drug bottle, they have that black wrapper. I like it all.

>> No.6243473

Dunno about in general but Guinness cans have the widget so it is superior to the bottle. Bottled guinness is for trying the alternative recipes. If you serve the 440ml cans over about 5 blocks of ice it will fill a pint glass, so looks like the pub version and tastes as smooth. I also like to chill it for 30 minutes in the freezer, Guinness is served extra cold.

I've not found a beer I preferred to Guinness yet. I like that it is dark, bitter, coffee and chocolate tasting, roasted grains tasting, foamy creamy and crisp. Belhaven Best is 2nd best since it has an even more hydrating feeling. I buy bottles if it is not guinness, not sure why, would love to hear evidence for cans being superior or equal.

>> No.6243476
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>>6243417
They use different additives for different stuff.
ie
Plastic coke.
Canned coke.
Glass coke.
They all taste different because they use different additives.

>> No.6243486

>>6243476
That logo, name, and foam is too contemporary and fashionable. Would make me skeptical about the tastes of the brewer.
>355ml

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>>6243486
S-sorry?

>> No.6243528

>>6243417
I prefer canned beers myself but I will drink it if its from a bottle. The argument really is if light will "skunk" up the beer and I believe it does. Also if your not pouring it out into a glass anyway you're doing it wrong.

>> No.6243531

>>6243486
btw it wasnt that good

>> No.6243533

>>6243517
Looks recently invented. That logo, name, and foam is too contemporary and fashionable. Would make me skeptical about the tastes of the brewer.

>>6243531
sorry to hear that. develop a bias towards the older and more respectable.

>> No.6243537
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>>6243417
If you're talking about Guinness, canned is preferred to bottled generally because of the widget. Doesn't really taste different as such but the texture is nicer.
Having said this, pic related is my favourite Guinness and it's only available bottled.

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>>6243533
>Looks recently invented
Sorry again?

>> No.6243560

>>6243417
>no mention of bottle conditioning
Yeah, /ck/ is full of kids who can't buy beer without a cousin or older friend. Figures.

>> No.6243563

>>6243528
This. Cans are also just a lot nicer to drink from if you're not pouring.

>> No.6243566

So cans are generally better?

But you're supposed to pour them into a pint glass?

>> No.6243574

>>6243550
Much better. But the artwork suggests some Volk plebeianism going on. Compare to the OP where the nationalism is merely a minimal and modest symbol.

God why is alcohol so pleb compared to tea?

>> No.6243587

>>6243566
Beer from a glass is always nicest if possible. Then it comes down to different types of glasses for different beers as well.
At the end of the day though a lot of it is just about presentation.

>> No.6243595

>>6243417
canned IPAs taste better than bottled IPAs ONLY if you're drinking from the can/bottle otherwise I don't really fucking care.

>> No.6243597

>>6243574
>God why is alcohol so pleb compared to tea?
Sounds bait-y, but in case you're being serious...

>skill and patience required to brew fermentable malt sugars into enjoyable beer
>steep tea leaves in water for a few minutes

Sorry, but you are all the gay! All of it. Please buy a dragon dildo because you are clearly their demographic.

>> No.6243608

beer is taste..gunnies is okgues, many brewers 'round here. sobeit. i like bud huricane.none of my friends will drink it ..A nigxx fdrink 'soky my dad and mom tougt meww2...iwould not owwn a slave becase i would not be one.I

>> No.6243633

>>6243597
>pulling this counter bait
Tea is actually an artistic tradition of the nobility going back millenniums.

Beer is the sedative of choice for the pleb masses. It reduces brain volume, correlates with imperialist/piracy tendencies and

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>>6243574
SOrry i was making dinner.

>> No.6243856

>>6243842
Oh I've seen this at the shops. I could try it, except the logo is similar to the Volk shit except now its fairytales. Bet its worse than OP drink.

>> No.6243929

>>6243417

In terms of Guinness the canned draught is better when poured into a glass and it's next to impossible to find in a bottle.

The gimicky plastic ball actually works.

>> No.6243935

>>6243608
Fuck off ROG impersonator.

>> No.6243942

>>6243473

>Belhaven Best

My only problem with Belhaven is it's piss poor ABV compared to it's cost.

If I just wanted taste there are better options.

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6243958

Murphy's Stout is great. When I want light I go for Boddington's Pub Ale.

>> No.6243959

Should have a pretty light weekend coming up, not much in terms of schoolwork or studying that needs to be done, and I'm looking to try out some new beer. What do you recommend for someone that likes Blue Moon, Guinness. Killians, Smithwicks.

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>>6243856
>tfw i lost the pic of the trooper.

>> No.6244188

>>6243537
>Foreign extra
>"only available bottled"
Literally the only time I've ever seen it it was in tall cans throughout asia.

>> No.6244204

>>6244188
its readily available in american liquor stores

>> No.6244207

>>6244204
I'm in Canada where our booze is controlled by fascists, but still it's definitely available in both cans and bottles.

>> No.6244218

>>6243417
Cans are superior to bottles in most cases but very few good beers come in cans. Drinking from the can is worse than drinking from a glass container be it a mug or a bottle. So I'd say buy your canned Guinness and pour it in a glass to drink it.

Next time you get bottled water pour it in a glass to drink it. The vessel changes the way you perceive taste quite a lot.

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>>6244218
Get a load of this faggot.
Pic related.

>> No.6244804

>>6244253
Kek @ pic

>> No.6245078

>>6243417
What you drink out of does influence your perception of the taste. They did a study with coffee out of white, clear and blue mugs. I can't say whether the bottle/can thing actually does change the taste, but you'll think it's different regardless.

>> No.6245082

>>6244253
>tfw when the strap-on guy has a gf and I don't

:( I don't need feminism because my hand will never betray me

>> No.6245194

How long is too long in the freezer? i want it pub style.

>> No.6245355

>>6243455
>mfw i first opened a widget can
>OMGOMGOMG!!!

>> No.6245361

>>6243528
>Also if your not pouring it out into a glass anyway you're doing it wrong.

>drinking PBR out of anything but a can

>> No.6245368

>>6243566
If you're talking widget can, then yes. It is made to be poured. Regular cans not so much.

>> No.6245386
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My favorite.

To bad it's only available in restaurants here, and buying a case of 24 costs over 90 bucks. It's apparently because they ship from Japan, to California, to Toronto. Still a treat though, I aught to order a case one of these days for my birthday.

>> No.6245436

>>6243959
bump for quenching the thirst

>> No.6245607

>>6243842
>>6243856
ok i tried it. its alright actually.

>> No.6245680

>bottled or canned guinness

just go to a bar I am dead serious, you will never drink canned shit again.

>> No.6245684

>>6245680
I did this once, and I watched them pour it from a tap. Tasted just like the canned version with the nitrogen widget.

>> No.6245688

>>6243574
>>6243856
>caring this much about the fucking logo
Just taste it you cunt

>> No.6245723

>>6243537
>11.2 oz bottle

why

>> No.6245738

>>6244188
Well shit. Guess it's just not common where I am. Only ever seen it in bottles before now.

>> No.6245771

>>6245723
That bothers me too....it's close to a 1/3 liter, but not quite. I don't know.

>> No.6245807

>>6245684
the pub version is colder and more creamy i wish i knew how to get the cans like that

>> No.6245812

>>6245688
time and money can be used on better things so judging the respectability from the logo can be a safe prediction.

>> No.6246136
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6246136

>>6243417
>God Tier
In the skulls of your enemies; "Metal. As. Fuck."
Secondary-fermentation Cask-conditioned; "Fuck your marketing and fuck your swill"
Secondary-fermentation, Unfiltered, Dark Amber Bottled; "Bottle Conditioned"

>Normalfag tier
Racked and Filtered Keg; "On Tap" aka pretty handles are pretty neat"
Racked, Filtered, and Dark Amber Bottled; "I drink Budweiser because their advertising appeals to my American nature. *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*"

>Low Income Tier
Aluminium Cans; "Redneck Special"

>That-one-faggot-friend-from-Europe-who-never-shuts-the-fuck-up-about-Brussels-and-Prague Tier
Green Bottles; "Heineken Piss"

>Easily Swindled Urbanite Tier
Bagged; "Kegless*...*last weeks infected batch mixed 4:1 with store-bought commercial beer and re-marketed for clueless hipsters"

>Smug Hipster Tier/Special Snowflake Tier
Growlers, bombers, stubbies, and Caguamas. *Tips swing top*

>That Closeted and Peaked in High School Wrestler Frat Tier
The Hangover Breakfast; all of the leftover 3/4 empty beers mixed together and served above room temperature in solo cups. Goes great with that pizza that was left out and fell on the floor.

>Swarthy Criminal Tier
40's and Bagged Pruno

>> No.6246154

>>6243517
I've had this, it's alright. Brewer is pretty inconsistent, though.

>> No.6246230

Some of my favorites off the top of my head:
Guiness
Kilkenny
Slavutych Premium
Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Erdinger Dunkel
Granville Island Winter Ale
Granville Island Raspberry Ale
Asahi Premium
Crabbie's Spiced Orange Ginger Beer

>> No.6246240

>>6246136
>being pretentious about beer

don't do that please.

>> No.6246242

>>6243417
the aluminum taste

>> No.6246257

>>6246230
>Erdinger Dunkel

Paulaner Dunkel is way tastier.

>> No.6246274

>>6246230
Sad list. You should try more beer.

>> No.6246276

>>6243417
Cans are better for the most part (lighter, don't let light in, you can just crush them when they're empty, don't shatter) and I don't think they change the flavour that I can notice, the only flaw I find is that they don't hold temp as well as a bottle would if you're drinking from them, even out of the fridge they never seem as cold as bottles to me

>> No.6246284
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6246284

Are Ballast Point's Grapefruit Scuplin and Victory at Sea worth the $15 each for a six pack?

Also, what does everybody think of Central Water's bourbon barrel aged stout and barley wine? I haven't had them but the store I go to got a big shipment of both this past week.

>> No.6246291

>>6246284
The stout is okay. Nothing super special. Haven't tried the barleywine though. Their Space Ghost stout was really fucking good though, surprisingly.

>> No.6246315

>>6246240
>implying i haven't personally consumed everything on that lost without pause.

Pretentious beer drinkers are the ones who post in these threads with the same flavor-of-the-month 'triple-hopped' IPAs in cute little tulip glasses. Sorry my subjective list struck a nerve.

>> No.6246325

>>6246257
Never seen that.

>>6246274
My taste is better than your taste. Probably 70% of the beers I have tried are undrinkable ass, 20% are decent enough to drink, and 10% are good enough to actually enjoy.

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>>6246284
>Ballast Point's Grapefruit Scuplin

Yes it's completely worth it.

>tried to save me and my bro two of them for this weekend but I had both on monday night

>> No.6246369
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6246369

This was pretty delicious.

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About to crack open a bottle of this and thought I would consult 4chin first (because why the fuck not). What can I expect guys?

>> No.6246428

>>6246230
Fuck you
>>6246257
And Fuck you
Krombacher is where is at
Also holy shit even this faggot has a gf?
>>6244253

What the shit are you niggers doing?

>> No.6246438

>>6246369
I liked that, but I could not finish a full pint of the stuff when I ordered it. Dessert beer should be sold in 10 oz. glasses.

>> No.6246553

>>6246395
It's an english porter with 3.8% abv. Don't expect too much and it wont let you down. Honestly to me it just looks like a slightly watered down guinness.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinness-dublin-porter/285354/

>> No.6246561

>>6246553
Guinness is already mostly water. I can't imagine.

>> No.6246610

>>6246561
Beer, by definition. is mostly water. But it does looks like that porter has a significantly lower specific gravity and abv than a typical porter. I guess it's equivalent would be 'Budweiser is to Bud Light what Guinness is to Guinness Dublin Porter'. Slightly more "refreshing", but slightly less alcohol for the $. Probably not a terrible beer.

>> No.6246640

>>6246610
Guinness is the Budweiser of Europe. Not bad, but not good, and very consistent at that level of mediocrity.

>> No.6246644

>>6246553
>slightly watered down guinness.

Yeah probably about right. I'm about 2/3rds through the bottle. Its ok I guess, but a little bland.

>> No.6246660

>>6243417
Cans stay fresher, longer.

If you're buying from a place that sells a high volume of beer(doesn't have it sitting around) then you wont notice a difference.

>> No.6246687

>>6246369
>>6246438

A-athens bros?

>> No.6247212

>>6246284
>what does everybody think of Central Water's bourbon barrel aged stout and barley wine
pretty good, worth a buy

>> No.6247819

>>6246257

Isn't that a character in On The Road?

>> No.6247839

>>6246553
Have you tried the West Indies Porter? I'm considering getting some.

>> No.6247864

>>6246687
Philadelphia

>> No.6247913

>>6243417

Drinking beer out of a can feels bad. You know, like eating french fries with a fork.

>> No.6247942

I haven't really enjoyed beer too much in my life, there's better options to enjoy drinking.

But then I got recommended the Great Divide Yeti stout, god damn!

Really like how carbonated it is and the salty almost licorice flavour it has.

Any similar stout beers?

>> No.6247969 [DELETED] 

>>6243417
I had this for lunch and I'm a skinny rich guy.

>> No.6248009

>>6247839
West Indies Porter is the better of the two imo. It's somewhat hoppier, and kind of like a compromise between the standard Guinness and foreign extra.

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I work 3-11 so this is my nightcap tonight.

>> No.6249874

>>6243633
AND?