Bottled and canned drinks.What's your preferred drinking method?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around preferences for drinking methods for bottled and canned beverages, particularly beer. Participants explore various approaches, including drinking directly from containers or using a glass, and share personal experiences and sensory perceptions related to these methods.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant argues that beer tastes better when poured into a glass, suggesting that the enjoyment of drinking involves multiple senses.
  • Another participant mentions that cans are easier to open, implying a convenience factor.
  • A different participant expresses a preference for drinking beer from a glass, especially in summer, but acknowledges the practicality of cans in certain situations.
  • One participant humorously suggests drinking shots of vodka from old prescription bottles, indicating a non-traditional approach.
  • Another participant claims that beer has more taste when consumed from a glass compared to a bottle, noting that exposure to air enhances flavor and that cans may impart a metallic taste.
  • A participant with restaurant industry experience mentions that beer poured from a keg or dark bottle has a fresher taste and that light negatively affects beer.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of preferences and opinions, with some agreeing on the benefits of using a glass for beer, while others highlight the convenience of cans. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the impact of different drinking methods on taste.

Contextual Notes

Participants' claims about taste and sensory experiences are subjective and may depend on personal preferences and contexts. There are unresolved questions about the mechanisms behind taste differences and the effects of light and air on beer.

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Do you like to drink straight from the bottle or the can or do you prefer to use a glass?Perhaps you have some other method.For me cold beer tastes much better if poured into a glass,not a plastic glass but a glass glass,which is ideally tall and thin.Some will say that's nonsense and that a beer drunk from a beer bottle made of glass must taste the same as that beer when drunk from a beer glass made of glass.Nonsense it may be but to me beer tastes better from a glass.I suspect that its something to do with the fact that like eating ,the enjoyment of drinking involves all of the senses.What a load of rubbish this is .It's making me thirsty.:-p
 
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Cans are easier to open.
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I definitely enjoy beer in a glass glass, but for some reason, particularly in summer, I'm quite partial to a few cans - I guess I'm more likely to grab a few and head down the beach or a place where (a) glass would be impractical.
 
A cup.
 
Dadface said:
For me cold beer tastes much better if poured into a glass

I prefer something like these:

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Straight from the tit.
 
Dadface said:
Do you like to drink straight from the bottle or the can or do you prefer to use a glass?Perhaps you have some other method.For me cold beer tastes much better if poured into a glass,not a plastic glass but a glass glass,which is ideally tall and thin.Some will say that's nonsense and that a beer drunk from a beer bottle made of glass must taste the same as that beer when drunk from a beer glass made of glass.Nonsense it may be but to me beer tastes better from a glass.I suspect that its something to do with the fact that like eating ,the enjoyment of drinking involves all of the senses.What a load of rubbish this is .It's making me thirsty.:-p

Beer will have more of a taste from a glass than a bottle. Beer will open up like wine when air hits it. What the mechanism is, maybe oxidization, I don't know. A can will transfer some of that metal taste into the beer. Beer poured from a keg or a dark bottle will have the freshest taste. Light has some kind of negative effect on beer.

I've been in the restaurant industry for 15 years, Went to booze school a few times.
 
I like to drink shots of vodka from old prescription bottles.
 

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