Point is: cans are, especially for flavoursome beers, the superior beer packaging. Let's start in the UK, as generally UK brewers have always been very open to using cans. Perhaps a country that so openly embraces cans of baked beans and tomato soup, has never needed to doubt the effiiency of such packaging. Now we move to America where beer in cans actually originated.
On 24th January , Gottfried Krueger Brewery put them into production. Technical innovations led to workable packaging - but these cans did give off a bad taste. Skepticism is now slowly being replaced by admiration in Europe, too. Small, independent breweries in particular are opting for cans instead of bottles.
Certainly, when it comes to beer with a strong aroma, such as lager, IPA or White beer, cans are emerging as a better option. Years later he admitted that he was wrong for not knowing better at that time. The brewery he opened a few years ago in Berlin does not use bottles at all.
Collaboration with Metallica, Enter Night Pilsner , also has become a firm favourite with Metallica and beer fans. Fifth Member or not! As with Greg Koch, in the past Germany has been slow to adopt the "trend".
Although there are many examples of brewers who have now come round to the idea. Friday and Sunday are particularly great, hoppy examples. In the Netherlands, small and independent breweries have not exactly been ahead of the canned beer game either. However, in recent times many Dutch brewers have added cans to their assortment.
Walhalla brew a very delicious raspberry Berliner Weisse, also available in a can! Bevog brewery, originally a Slovenian brewery but now located in Austria, joins the acceptance of beer in cans. Their more aromatic beers are canned, but the beers that can take more a beating are bottled. Canned beer. When exposed to sunlight the ISO-alpha acids break down into free radicals that then get mixed up with proteins that contain sulfur.
Aluminium cans and brown bottles are the best materials for keeping sunlight out of your beer to avoid skunking.
Glass can keep beer cooler for longer, but does that really mean beer tastes better in a bottle? Huff Post conducted an experiment with four different beer brands: Budweiser, Heineken, Sierra Nevada and Sapporo, in both cans and bottles. The goal was to serve the beer in cups so no one knew which was which. Tasters compared the beers and guessed which they thought was canned and which they preferred.
Cans can keep out sunlight better than bottles. The idea that cans taste worse is nothing but a myth. Aluminium cans are lined with water based polymer that eliminates any contamination of any unwanted flavours. The metallic taste experienced is simply from the can touching the mouth. While a can of beer will still eventually also lose its freshness, it takes much longer than bottled beer to do so. This is why so many breweries are jumping on the bandwagon that Oskar Blues started over a decade ago and are canning even their highest-end beers.
That said, higher-alcohol Kombucha has recently become a thing , with those manufacturing it claiming to be serving those in the market who are looking for a low-alcohol alternative for health and wellness reasons.
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