Beer Snobs! Whaddaya think about canned micro brews?

[Bennyboy]

Lots more good breweries are starting to come out with their beers in cans. What do you think?
I for one love it.

[Book Lover]

1. Never!

Glass, glass, glass, glass, glass. Never shall a beer imprisoned in metal pass my lips.

(Elitist enough for ya? ;) )

[LaurenG]

2. I would take cans if I could just get some of them

Fat Tire doesn't sell here!

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

3. It's funny

that the microbrew canning trend has started with the higher-end brews: Caldera, Green Flash, etc. etc., whose six-packs will run you up into the 11 to 12-buck range. I was skeptical at first, but have since tried several and found them as good as the bottled variety. If it's an environmental issue, I think they should go for it, but so far, here in the microbrew-saturated Pacific Northwest, the price tags people are seeing aren't helping the cause, especially when the other canned beers (Pabst, Hamm's, Elderly Teutonic, etc.) are 12 bucks for a whole rack. Granted, that's a whole rack of crap beer . . .

[JVS]

19. Elderly Teutonic?

I know and love that premium microbrew.

[mix]

4. I've never thought about it.

I'll look in to it.

:hi:

[appal_jack]

5. great for canoe trips

I love good beer in cans for days on the river: canoeing, tubing, etc. Safer, easier to tote the trash home (crush and stash in a bag vs carry heavy breakable glass).

But if I'm not on a river, then glass is best, for sure.

-app

[Bennyboy]

6. I like them for one reason...

I can drink them at more places than I can bottles. Once I got over the prejudice, I ahd no problem drinking good beer out of a can.

[KamaAina]

7. Send me a six-pack and I'll tell you

:beer:

[Bennyboy]

8. See me at Hardly Strictly or Power To The Peaceful and

I'll share....

[KamaAina]

9. Tempting, but...

The City is two and a half hours away by transit, each way -- maybe three all the way out to the park. That makes it a full day trip, which I normally only do on long weekends like this past one (the gathering was great, BTW). :(

[Bennyboy]

10. That long from San Jose?

But it is worth it. Both of those festies are awesome and free (and I will have some great beers too)

[KamaAina]

11. Yup.

Station to station is an hour and a half on weekends. Tack on a trip all the way across SJ to the train, then all the way across SF to the park, and that's what you've got.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. I think pint glass > bottle > can > keg

that's what I think.

[realisticphish]

16. yup nt

[Initech]

13. Ever tried Oskar Blues' Gubna IPA?

:beer: :toast:

[Bennyboy]

14. I wanna...

Lee Oskar is one of my favorite musicians...

[realisticphish]

15. eeeeeeeeeeeh, I don't know

depends. Guinness in cans is ok, but bottles are always better.

Either way, I always pour my beer into a glass anyway, so it only matters if the taste is altered by the container.

[kwassa]

17. Lips that touch cans will not touch mine.

[JVS]

18. The more the better. Cans are as good as bottles.

In fact, with some brands like Czechvar and Heinken I wish they'd offer cans instead of green bottles. Czechvar has half liter cans in Europe under the name Budvar.

[eyepaddle]

20. They do it so they can sell beer at events that will not allow glass containers,

You basically covered that in post #6, but specifically, that is why they do it. And if it si a brewery that only makes 8000 barrels a year, selling an extra few hundred barrels' worth is a pretty big deal--that and the added visibility of their beer.

So on that level I am in favor of it; plus, if you are at an event that doesn't allow glass, which would you prefer: BudMIllerCoors or a tasty micro?

For the record: I'm pretty sure I know your answer already! :)