Drinks in glass bottles or cans?

GazzaL · 04-09-2020 9:20pm #1

Which do you prefer? Do you think it makes a difference? Does it depend on the type of drink, e.g. is coke nicer in glass bottles but beer nicer in cans?

antix80 · 04-09-2020 9:22pm

Coke is nicer from a can.
Beer is nicer draught from a pint glass. I usually pour cans unless I'm on a bus or festival.

JasonStatham · 04-09-2020 9:29pm

Well I prefer Guinness extra stout in a bottle to the draught stuff in the can.

I think Mackeson stout is superior to Guinness and all.

bobbyy gee · 04-09-2020 9:31pm

Both taste same
https://www.shopfamilyfare.com/blog/4-reasons-why-beer-cans-are-better-bottles#:~:text=Like%20many%20people%2C%20you%20might,of%20bottled%20and%20canned%20beer.

JohnnyFlash · 04-09-2020 9:35pm

I don’t like how all the craft beer breweries have started to move from 500ml glass bottles to 440ml cans while upping the price of their already premium priced beer.

riffmongous · 04-09-2020 9:38pm

Depends, I usually prefer bottles but if I'm drinking outside then it has to be cans for that classic knacker-drinking look, easier to get rid of them afterwards too

joeguevara · 04-09-2020 9:42pm

Fanta, coke and cidona are so much nicer out of a glass bottle. Lilt is nicest out of a can.

L1011 · 04-09-2020 9:44pm

Hoppier beers do better in cans than glass; due to UV light. UV light can affect quite a few things, this is why tetrapak milk cartons were invented and why milk tastes awful from the plastic jugs

For things unaffected by UV I'd usually prefer glass, as there is always a possibility of a taste taint from the lining used on cans/plastics.

For fizzy things, PET plastic is very very slightly CO2 permeable so the drinks stay fizzier in cans or glass bottles.

Mekirin · 04-09-2020 9:44pm

If it's a soft drink, I prefer the can. Beer on the other hand I prefer out of a pint glass.

GazzaL · 04-09-2020 9:44pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I don’t like how all the craft beer breweries have started to move from 500ml glass bottles to 440ml cans while upping the price of their already premium priced beer.

Sometimes you can't beat a cool, crisp refreshing lager rather than ANALytically comparing Pigs Arse Porter to Goblin's Cock Ale.

Montage of Feck · 04-09-2020 9:46pm

antix80 wrote: »

Coke is nicer from a can.
Beer is nicer draught from a pint glass. I usually pour cans unless I'm on a bus or festival.

Draught comes from a can, put there by a man
In a factory downtown

touts · 04-09-2020 9:47pm

What about carton. Surely the best wine comes in a carton.

04-09-2020 10:05pm

It depends. I like coke from a can, lucozade (I love it) and all other fizzy drinks from bottles.
I prefer my favourite beers on draught. When they aren't I don't mind whether they are in bottles or cans. Coors though can't be anything but from a tap.
I had cans of pink sparkling rosè a few weeks ago. They were really nice but very potent. I drank six of them and died the next day.

guitarhappy · 04-09-2020 10:13pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Draught comes from a can, put there by a man
In a factory downtown

Or by whoever wears the pants.

Coillte_Bhoy · 04-09-2020 10:16pm

Look at the beer section in German supermarket, 90% bottles, says it all

Wanderer2010 · 04-09-2020 10:21pm

Lucozade from a plastic bottle = absolute pi**

Lucozade from a can = Lovely

Lucozade from glass bottle = drink of Gods!

Bicky · 04-09-2020 10:22pm

Cans, easier to recycle.

Gregor Samsa · 04-09-2020 10:30pm

No logic to it, but I can’t drink beer from a can. Can’t even buy cans and pour the beer into a glass. So it’s 100% bottles only. Probably related to my misspent youth drinking cans of Golden Hornet Scrumpy in fields and down laneways. There’s a part of my brain that’s afraid I’ll shotgun the can with my house key in front of the kids, and my wife will divorce me.

cj maxx · 04-09-2020 10:41pm

I’m happy enough with either but I noticed when I seen this thread that I haven’t drank from a canned beer in years. Apart from Guinness any beer I buy is bottled

rapul · 04-09-2020 10:43pm

Coke and guinness from a can don't care what anyone says, coke is epic ice cold from a can.

GazzaL · 04-09-2020 10:44pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Look at the beer section in German supermarket, 90% bottles, says it all

Mostly brown bottles too, best for keeping UV light out.

andekwarhola · 04-09-2020 10:48pm

As far as I know, most beers - especially craft beers with higher hop content - will stay fresh longer in cans especially if bottles - especially less opaque bottles like the green ones - are left in light.

IAMAMORON · 04-09-2020 11:10pm

If I am drinking in a gaff, always into a glass. If it is a soft drink ice is nice.

If I am drinking in a field ( stop sniggering please, I made a habit of it this summer and it was fine ) , then straight out of the can, no bother. I always take my rubbish home with me.

I prefer bottled beers to cans.

Autosport · 04-09-2020 11:15pm

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Lucozade from a plastic bottle = absolute pi**

Lucozade from a can = Lovely

Lucozade from glass bottle = drink of Gods!

Where does one purchase lucozade from a bottle???

It’s the nectar of the gods

LFC Murphy · 04-09-2020 11:22pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Draught comes from a can, put there by a man
In a factory downtown

Peach of a comment ðŸ˜‰

Church on Tuesday · 04-09-2020 11:26pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I don’t like how all the craft beer breweries have started to move from 500ml glass bottles to 440ml cans while upping the price of their already premium priced beer.

Sure we all know you're good for it.

Coke is nicer from tap.

mookishboy · 05-09-2020 12:16am

Well considering that that the best beers are not on draught. Bottles would be my first choice then cans if nothing else. Im not talking about some up your own hole IPA or micro brewery stuff but decent beer like Budvar, Staropromen, Lech, Some decent German purity beer etc.