{"id":44633,"date":"2021-08-19T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/?p=44633"},"modified":"2021-08-29T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:44:46","slug":"can-vs-bottle-is-there-really-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/can-vs-bottle-is-there-really-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Vs. Bottle &#8211; Is There Really A Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will always be this question&#8230;\u00a0can vs. bottle, can you really tell the difference? I just receives a package gift from our friend at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhollandbrew.com\/home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Holland Brewing<\/a>. The content of the package were two very popular beers, Dragon&#8217;s Milk (bourbon aged) and Ichabod (pumpkin ale). \u00a0I was very surprised that both of the beers were in cans, since previous gift of Dragon&#8217;s Milk were sent to me in bottles. Which made think, can you really tell the difference?<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/can-vs-bottle-is-there-really-a-difference\/#TASTE_TEST\" title=\"TASTE TEST\">TASTE TEST<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/can-vs-bottle-is-there-really-a-difference\/#Round_2_Taste\" title=\"Round 2: Taste\">Round 2: Taste<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/can-vs-bottle-is-there-really-a-difference\/#Can_you_taste_the_difference_between_beer_in_cans_and_bottles\" title=\"Can you taste the difference between beer in cans and bottles?\">Can you taste the difference between beer in cans and bottles?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>To answer this, I did a little bit of research. in 2016, a study in the journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/beverages\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Beverages<\/em><\/a> aimed to answer this question. 151 people participated in this study. They were serve the same beer from same brewery during a BLIND TEST. As it turns out, when participants had no knowledge about the beers or where they came from, \u00a0showed\u00a0<em>no preferences for bottled or canned beer. <\/em>45% of participants rated the canned beer better than the bottled, 41% of participants rated the bottled beer better than the canned, and close to 1.5% said they both tasted the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44639\" src=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2437\" height=\"2560\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-scaled.jpg 2437w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-1949x2048.jpg 1949w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-750x788.jpg 750w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-1200x1261.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Holland-Brew-2-500x525.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2437px) 100vw, 2437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So how they came up to this conclusion? Two main test were performed&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0A questionnaire aimed to determine preferences for drinking beer out of bottles or cans<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A blind taste test.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You already know the result of the blind test from the paragraph above but let&#8217;s take a quick look at the questionnaire results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<em>This study took place in the UK, with the main taste test study taking place just before the Edinburgh Science Festival in Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TASTE_TEST\"><\/span>TASTE TEST<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In the <strong>TASTE TEST<\/strong> and after tasting the beer, the 151 participants completed a questionnaire. For this questionnaire the participants were aware which method the beers were packaged, in bottles or cans. 61.29% of participants preferred beer from a bottle, while only 11.29% preferred beer from a can and 27.42% thought they both tasted the same. This suggested that\u00a0knowing how the beers are packaged, bottle or can, had a big impact in the result. \u00a0It seems that beer drinkers have a preconceived preferences for beer packaging types.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that seeing the packaging could influence the outcome, this is why a blind test needed to be performed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justbeerapp.com\/article\/beer-cans-vs-bottles-whats-better-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JustBeerApp.com<\/a>\u00a0performed a few round of testing and had this to say.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_2_Taste\"><\/span>Round 2: Taste<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_taste_the_difference_between_beer_in_cans_and_bottles\"><\/span>Can you taste the difference between beer in cans and bottles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Many people believe that drinking out of an aluminum can will leave your craft beer tasting like metal, but did you know that there is a lining in every beer can that prevents the beer and aluminum from coming into contact? Manufacturers have been lining cans since 1935. If you truly believe that you\u2019re tasting a metallic flavour, try <a href=\"https:\/\/justbeerapp.com\/article\/why-you-should-be-drinking-your-beer-from-a-glass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pouring your beer into a glass<\/a> and try again. Most of the time, that metallic \u201cflavour\u201d you\u2019re sensing is instead the scent of the beer can. While beer bottles won\u2019t make your beer taste like metallic, neither will cans. If your beer still tastes metallic, it might be for <a href=\"https:\/\/justbeerapp.com\/article\/4-reasons-your-beer-tastes-metallic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">one of these reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 2 Winner: Tie!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>*Since I&#8217;m on a quest to find out about taste, I only posted Round 2: Taste. Check out JustBeerApp.com to read the rest of their results.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My conclusion is that knowledge is power and when that power is taken away, the preference for bottled over canned beer disappears. So, it is possible that\u00a0your preference for bottled beer over canned is likely all in your head.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will always be this question&#8230;\u00a0can vs. bottle, can you really tell the difference? I just receives a package gift from our friend at New Holland Brewing. The content of the package were two very popular beers, Dragon&#8217;s Milk (bourbon aged) and Ichabod (pumpkin ale). \u00a0I was very surprised that both of the beers were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3844,68],"tags":[2717,3843],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beeralien.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}