I don't think I've ever had an Oskar Blues beer, but there's a couple of local craft breweries here in Chicago (Half Acre, Finch's) that use cans exclusively for their year-round releases, so I no longer associate canned beer exclusively with shitty corporate lager. Ska's Modus Hoperandi is one that I see fairly often, too.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
the new Deviant Dale's is pretty killer -- not sure how far & wide it's being distributed. i live down the street from the oskar blues brewery.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard of Oskar Blues, but I don't recall ever having seen it locally. Maybe Jeff or askance johnson or t0dd sw1ss can correct me.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
sixpoint was pretty much the nail in the coffin for my bottle snobbery. But I don't drink from the can, I pour it into a glass. Can taste is still gross.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think cans taste any worse than bottles, honestly, but I pour into a glass whenever possible as well.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Surly really changed my mind on this, but i am also warming up to the 21st amendment brewery stuff too.
― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
tbh I just like bottles because they are bottles
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
i thought this would be about the new miller lite can that makes it even easier to shotgun beers
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
tell me more
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/5905591/miller-lites-punch-top-can-is-a-shotgunners-delight
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
I hope they have an ad campaign that ends with a message to shotgun responsibly and know your limit
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
psh, whole point of shotgunning is drinking the beer out of anywhere but the top of the can.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
love dale's and surly and i totally get why cans would be better for transporting/storing beer, but i still like drinking out of bottles better (hurting otm, you can taste the aluminum). if it's good beer in a can, i'll decant too.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
even bad cheap beer tastes way better out of a bottle than straight from a can. in fact sometimes it stops tasting so bad.
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Vessel matters not to me.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
me neither. oskar blues convinced me a few years back. don't think any beer nowadays tastes different out of a bottle than out of a can. definitely used to, back in the old days, before they started lining the cans w plastic or whatever.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
ha, very timely -- a friend just sent me news of this, the latest oskar blues beer, in an aluminum bottlehttp://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/assets_c/2012/05/B%20Stiff%20Root%20Beer%20Can-thumb-180x335.jpgmore info: http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/05/nice_package_oskar_blues_packa.php
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
can debate ends here btw:
http://www.thefiftybest.com/content/beer/best_beers/images/alchemist_heady_topper_can.jpg
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
also
http://liquiddiets.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/hop_ottin_avbc0311.jpg
― sleeve, Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
whoah sorry about huge img
― sleeve, Thursday, 3 May 2012 02:44 (twelve years ago) link