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Why do beers taste differently based on the vessel they reside in?
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:00 pm
I swear some beers taste better out of a bottle, most from the tap, but some seem to just be better out of a can, of course these are trashy cheap ones like Busch. But why?
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:01 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Yuengling in a bottle is great, hate it in a can.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:02 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Pretty much all beverages are that way.
Coffee tastes different in a ceramic mug vs a stainless yeti mug.
Soft drinks are better from a bottle.
Coffee tastes different in a ceramic mug vs a stainless yeti mug.
Soft drinks are better from a bottle.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:02 pm to SG_Geaux
Is it the way the liquid reacts with the container?
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:04 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Mostly temperature and air exposure. As to the former, some beers are better very cold (read: not very good beer) while others taste better a little warmer, which you accomplish when you pour. As to the latter, some beers are better if you maintain all of their carbonation while others “open up” some if you pour it and let it foam a bit.
And if you’re drinking really shite beer, the less you can smell it the better it “tastes”.
Eta: as other posters mentioned, if the cans are cheap and unlined, it can obviously make your beer taste metallic, which is a whole other issue.
And if you’re drinking really shite beer, the less you can smell it the better it “tastes”.
Eta: as other posters mentioned, if the cans are cheap and unlined, it can obviously make your beer taste metallic, which is a whole other issue.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:05 pm to Joshjrn
I’m far from a beer snob, but I love Mexican beer, and it seems like anytime I get one from the restaurant with a slice of lime it’s always better than bottle or can I buy at the store.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:06 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
great question.
Just poured a Miller High Life into a brand new frozen glass beer mug someone gifted us a set of and it might be the best tasting beer I’ve had all year.
Just poured a Miller High Life into a brand new frozen glass beer mug someone gifted us a set of and it might be the best tasting beer I’ve had all year.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:06 pm to Joshjrn
Nobody is packaging beer in unlined cans.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:07 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Back in the day, PBR on tap was great, but never the same when you bought it for home
Stroh's was great in a bottle
Pearl was great in a can
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Microplastics
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:16 pm to armsdealer
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Nobody is packaging beer in unlined cans.
Then the lining is either too thin or doesn’t fully cover the inside of the can. If it’s lined properly, I don’t know why else the contents would taste metallic.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:17 pm to SG_Geaux
I don't always drink beer but when I do, I prefer it in a longneck.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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I’m far from a beer snob, but I love Mexican beer, and it seems like anytime I get one from the restaurant with a slice of lime it’s always better than bottle or can I buy at the store.
Could just be the experience of being at a restaurant, or they might keep their beer a few degrees colder than you do at home, being the freezing point is lower.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:22 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
May be psychological. I swear I read that someone did a blind test (must have poured into tasting cups) and no one could tell whether the source container was glass or a can. Could perhaps be misremembering, but that is what I remember.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:22 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Not a beer snob.
I will prefer taste and ice cold every single time.
But yes, all liquids are that way. Which interesting enough water out of a can just doesn’t taste right.
I will prefer taste and ice cold every single time.
But yes, all liquids are that way. Which interesting enough water out of a can just doesn’t taste right.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:29 pm to Fat and Happy
quote:funny you say that, I always thought that about water out of water fountains in school. Taste just seemed off.
interesting enough water out of a can just doesn’t taste right.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:30 pm to Fat and Happy
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Not a beer snob.
A beer snob would prefer 1978 Pabst in a bottle over a ‘79 Billy in a can?
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:45 pm to Joshjrn
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Mostly temperature and air exposure. As to the former, some beers are better very cold (read: not very good beer) while others taste better a little warmer, which you accomplish when you pour. As to the latter, some beers are better if you maintain all of their carbonation while others “open up” some if you pour it and let it foam a bit.
And if you’re drinking really shite beer, the less you can smell it the better it “tastes”.
Eta: as other posters mentioned, if the cans are cheap and unlined, it can obviously make your beer taste metallic, which is a whole other issue.
this guy beers
Posted on 9/26/26 at 4:47 pm to Traffic Circle
There's probably a market for both on reddit. 
Posted on 9/26/26 at 5:59 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
quote:The Edmund Fitzgerald is a grave, you monster.
Why do beers taste differently based on the vessel they reside in?
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