Canned beer
Mike Hungerford
The man who led the tour at the Stone Brewery the last time I took it
suggested that the reason Stone doesn't can their beers rather than
bottle them is the widespread consumer belief that good beer only
comes in dark brown bottles.
"Bottle beer make me burp!" -- Redd Foxx
Mike
Danny
Is he for real ?
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Mike Hungerford
Probably, and he's right: epoxy-lined aluminum containers may be
esthetically less pleasing than bottles, but they do protect the beer
better. Light is your beer's enemy as much as heat is. These days I'm
reulctant to buy beer anywhere but directly from the breweries or the
one liquor store in town that stores it properly, and even then I
don't know whether it was shipped refrigerated.
Most places store beer (and wine!) at ambient warehouse temperatures
(up to 38 C here and now), and only Pasteurized factory beers can hope
to survive that.
It really makes me sad to see a Really Good Beer sitting on a shelf at
room temperature. :-/
Danny
but correct me if I'm wrong : I thought they sprayed the top of a can with chemicals to avoid bacterial growth or mold or similar ?
And yes, nothing better than a cool dark cellar to store beer - something I don't possess myself :-(
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On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Danny <da....@telenet.be> wrote:
Mike Hungerford
> true,
> but correct me if I'm wrong : I thought they sprayed the top of a can with chemicals to avoid bacterial growth or mold or similar ?
I would expect that the *outside* of the can is sprayed with
disinfectant of some sort after the can is sealed. I also expect that
bottles are disinfected as well after they're capped.
> And yes, nothing better than a cool dark cellar to store beer - something I don't possess myself :-(
Nor do most of us, I'm sure. I keep my beer in a mini-fridge and let
it warm to cellar temperature in the glass before drinking it. :-)