NOLA Brewing to start selling cans

Tin Roof too

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Cans are a great choice. Much better than bottles.

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Why? I'll take bottles anyday...

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Why? I'll take bottles anyday.

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Never had a good beer from a can. I include Oskar Blues stuff in that statement.

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Never had a good beer from a can. I include Oskar Blues stuff in that statement.

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Strongly disagree

Pretty big difference actually.

Many cans are pasturized while kegs are typically not in the US. Many argue that alters the flavor.

Besides that my biggest problem with cans is that how many people do you see pour their beer out of a can into a glass to drink?

A bottle gives you a clean taste of the beer without imparting any external flavors. Drinking from a can gives you an aluminum taste.

Makes no sense to me.. You put your beer in a can so that the beer you sell doesnt get exposed to light and taste different to the customer.. However you just encouraged the customer to drink out of something that imposes a worse flavor than most beer in a bottle will ever have. Just package your beer correctly in the bottles and you shouldnt have anything to worry about.

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What's the difference between having a beer out of a 12 oz aluminum can and a 15.5 gallon aluminum keg?

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True. Just pour the beer from the can into a glass.

BTW: I never do this though!

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BTW: I never do this though!

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Thats my point.. Many brewers are wanting to can claiming its better for the beer.. Well if nobody is going to pour the beer into a glass I say you just made your beer worse not better.

The only thing I see the can idea being useful for is during football season & at parades. Here's the flaw in that thought: most people while tailgating go for quantity over quality, and Mardi Gras is only two weeks out of the year.

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A bottle gives you a clean taste of the beer without imparting any external flavors. Drinking from a can gives you an aluminum taste.

Makes no sense to me.. You put your beer in a can so that the beer you sell doesnt get exposed to light and taste different to the customer.. However you just encouraged the customer to drink out of something that imposes a worse flavor than most beer in a bottle will ever have. Just package your beer correctly in the bottles and you shouldnt have anything to worry about.

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I like the transportable and universally accepted nature of cans. These are excellent attributes to me.

Likewise, I really can't taste a lot of aluminum in canned beers like Dales. Perhaps because the flavor is strong and overpowers the aluminum taste. I never claimed to have a sensitive palate either.

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If you have to have it portable Im ok with going with a can.. Im talking about walking into a store and buying a 6 pack to enjoy at home. Im going to walk right past all cans and look at the bottle selection.

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But I like Oskar Blues products...