# Best beer in a can? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231 "2002-09-06T02:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/21 "2002-09-06T19:07:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*That’s a little like asking, “what’s the best wine you can get in a cardboard box?” \*\* He speaks truth. Putting beer in cans is not a nice thing to do to it. But anyway…I don’t know if you can get it in Wisconsin, but Yeungling lager in a can is decent enough. Sapporo is good, as **JuanitaTech** says. Foster’s ESB (in the green can, not the lager in the blue) is good also if you can get a fresh batch, which is hard. In an absolute pinch, I’ve been known to drink MGD, when no good beer was available (at a fair in Texas). All that said, can’t you get some bottled beer and pour it into plastic cups? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/22 "2002-09-06T19:53:24Z")
Best beer in a can? The one in front of me. (Personally, I always go with what’s on sale…unless you want some syrupy goop that smells like Pub farts, stick to the $3.99 per six pack rule.) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/23 "2002-09-06T19:53:26Z")
Best beer in a can? The one in front of me. (Personally, I always go with what’s on sale…unless you want some syrupy goop that smells like Pub farts, stick to the $3.99 per TWELVE pack rule.) ---
**Author:** ![skot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@skot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/24 "2002-09-06T20:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Grolsch in cans is actually the non-export stuff! Don’t be faked by the beautiful flip-tops, they’re export. As skot says, the cans are the way to go, if you can find them. \*\* Its available up here at **COSTCO** of all places!! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/25 "2002-09-06T20:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Sapporo. That’s what I came in here to say. Especially the Sapparo in a GIANT CAN. We call them “thirsty boys,” and we call them tasty, too. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/26 "2002-09-06T20:37:28Z")
I’ve never seen Narragansett since I moved to Chicago from the East, but in case they have it in Madison, WI, I think it’s great beer in a can. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/27 "2002-09-06T20:48:25Z")
Boddington’s makes a pub draft in a yellow can (like the Guinness, except it’s an amber). Foster’s is good, too. **Hawthorne** –you can get Bass in a _can?_ I gotta stop by the liquor store tonight… Since you’re in Wisconsin, you might try Leinie’s. I’ve never had their beer in a can, but I’m a sworn devotee to most of their bottled stuff. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/28 "2002-09-07T01:01:50Z")
Excellent idea! I second Boddington’s in the can. You could pour it into plastic glasses instead of drinking it out of the can. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/29 "2002-09-07T02:47:04Z")
May I suggest two beers from the Great White North? “Big Rock Traditional Ale”, and “Rickard’s Red”. Both of those are awesome. For a lighter beer, I recommend Kokanee Gold. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231/30 "2002-09-07T03:58:12Z")
Tecate in cans. Cheap, good, and easy drinkin’ – good for a hot tub. (Guinness? _vomits in terror_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beer-in-a-can/127231.md?page=1)