Is it the can or the beer?

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@Francis_Vaughan

I’m with everyone above. You must do at least a blind trial, prefrably double blind (where you need two assistants, one who fills the glasses, the second, who doesn’t see which are which, then brings them to you to try.) Finally you could turn it into an ABX test - where you know which A and B is, but are not told what X is - and have to see if you can actually pick the right one - which proves that there is a discernible difference at all.

He doesn’t need two assistants to do a proper blind test, equivalent to ‘double-blind’. Just one assistant who will mark the two glasses with a code, and then leave the room while he is doing the tasting and writing down his results. With this set-up there’s no way the assistant can unconsciously give any clues as to which is which, so it’s as blind as it needs to be.

[Mooch]

I love all the craft beers I can get in cans now! Perfect for canoeing or tromping around the dog park.

A lot easier than lugging my kegerator around.

Revolution, Half Acre, Two Brothers, Oskar Blues, etc. All sorts of awesome beer is canned for my portable convenience.

All I need to know is what BAHL HORNIN’ means now.

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@Joey_P

Well, first off, you need to do a blind study. You need to have someone else pour a bunch of cans and bottles of all these beers, in a different room and bring them in and have you identify which are bottles and which are cans. Don’t worry about figuring out the brands. Just bottle or can and you need to do much better then 50%, otherwise it’s just you seeing them come out of the can.

I’d like to see them have,

“Them?” You mean YOU!

I’m over in the West Allis area. You bring the beer I’ll supply the chips.

@dracoi

Another issue here is that not all cans are made equal.

And that is a major part of the OP. If the cans are different than those of other beers it may be the reason to the different flavor.

@excavating_for_a_mind

Now, I prefer beer from bottles, but I don’t mind cans.

Normally, same here. One thing everyone has ignored is my line about how most other beers do not taste differently from the can. I cannot detect any difference from, say, Heineken, or Pabst Blue Ribbon regardless if it’s from the can or a glass bottle.

@Trinopus

First I’d ever heard of Blatz! I thought at first it was a made-up name, like “Blah” beer or “Blank” beer.

Well, it hasn’t been around very long.
Only since 1851 or so.