I may be a complete behind-the-times git, but I just stumbled onto something: if you love real ale - the kind best served hand-pulled at a UK pub, cellar temp - then you can get some brands in these fancy cans. They come four pints to a ring, and the cans have a little thingy floating in them. But when you pour one into a pub glass, you get the same gorgeous head that starts deep down in the glass and then bubbles its way upward, ending up a 1/2-inch tall creamy top. It ain’t the real McCoy (can I use that when desribing real ale? ) but it’s closer than any other bottled or canned ales I’ve had.
I’ve tried Boddington’s - good but a tad bitter for me - and Old Speckled Hen, which is the nectar of the gods. My local store stocks a couple of others which will each get their due tryout.
So what’s up Dopers? Are you all over these real ale cans?
I’m familiar with nitrogen-draft beers, usually Guinness and cream ales around these parts. I’m familiar with the cans that have the nitrogen widget. And I’m familiar with cask-conditioned beers available at better pubs in the area. Cellar temperature, hand-drawn and little or no carbonation to speak of.
So there’s an option for hand-drawn that’s also carbonated (or nitrogenated)? I think I’ve missed that.
) but it’s closer than any other bottled or canned ales I’ve had.