How do you prefer to enhance your hike?

[chumley]

Um, I don't know if you haters read the entire thread, but just a few posts up there's a nice little tidbit on canned beer. You should read it.
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2489&start=80#p68178

Here's the money quote:

However, thanks to many pioneering craft brewers around the country, and even several here in Arizona, that stigma is changing. Big, flavorful beer does belong in a can and people are starting to realize that just because it is packaged the same as some mega-brew you'd find at a convenience store it sure doesn't taste that way. And as far as tasting like the can, it's not true. The patented (and secret) process for lining modern cans makes it virtually impossible to extract any flavor from the aluminum.

But the president is probably born in Kenya so...

[kingsnake]

Look at the source and why they say it. I bet bottles are more expensive, thus an economic incentive to pimp cans ...

[Tough_Boots]

Look at the source and why they say it. I bet bottles are more expensive, thus an economic incentive to pimp cans ...

but who wants to pack out bottles when you can crush a can? In my experience, the craft beers I've tried from a can don't taste like metal at all. But, of course, my generation grew up on better beer to begin with and isn't automatically haunted by memories of Coors and Budweiser.

But the president is probably born in Kenya so...

well, it was either Obama born in Kenya or McCain born in Panama...

[te-wa]

fine by me.. you dont like canned perfection then dont drink it, more for chumley and i. if one thinks bud light tastes better in a bottle, one can have all the bud light one's heart desires.

[chumley]

Kingsnake ... will you take the challenge?

From Four Peaks Brewsletter...

we'll be holding our "Can Kicks Glass" Hop Knot Taste Test this Tuesday, May 17th from 5pm until 7pm (or as long as our short run of cans hold out), a full 4 days before the official release! Similar to the legendary "Pepsi Challenge" from back when the movie Meatballs actually came out, this taste test will be comprised of the subjects given a sample of Hop Knot poured from a can, bottle and on draft to see if you really can tell the difference. Seeing as we've been touting the advancements in "can technology" as well as the environmental benefits that come from canning for years, we figured that the best way to prove it is via taste test. This event will be free

[azpride]

Modus Hoperandi is probably the best IPA I've had. It's in a can and I crush the pumpkin out of it and throw it in my pack when I'm done. It'll only be a special occasion if I ever bring a bottle of beer backpacking again (like when we had Pliny!).

[survivalhike]

I was really into brewing beer a few years ago, but let it go after seeing that the brewing of beer and the growing of the stomach as not conducive with hiking, camping, and outdoor life. I still drink beer, but when you are brewing beer the quantities you end up with are staggering. At one point I had to have well over 500 bottles of beer in boxes stacked in closets and pretty much anywhere I could hide it. Plus, I had three Corney kegs in the fridge that each had five gallons on pressure with CO2. I was giving beer away for months, which made my friends happy, but I never was able to drink all the beer I made, so I stopped doing it as much.

Cans v Bottles though I think is a matter of opinion. I nave never canned my own beer, mainly because the machinery is not cheap, and most home brewers bottle and keg, and I do both. I love Modus Hoperandi by Ska Brewing, and I've only seen it in cans. I love Coke in a can, hate it in a bottle. However, all other beer I like to drink from a bottle, it's personal preference. Cans are easier on a trip though, and after a couple hours in an ice cold river they taste amazing, and they crush for easy pack out. I have only had cans while camping, but if I were to bring beer on a hike I think I could relax my bottle policy and drink from a can. It's not like its completely different, it's just a feel thing I think. If two beers were poured into pint glasses, one from a can, and one from a bottle, no one would be able to tell you the difference.

[te-wa]

If two beers were poured into pint glasses, one from a can, and one from a bottle, no one would be able to tell you the difference.

this assertion is proven time and again. for what it's worth, no self respecting brewer would put something like Modus in a can if it diluted or changed the taste. these people and their fans care way too much about quality to make such critical errors.
i am thrilled to see craft beers coming out in cans. so far, (currently) there are about 310 flavors from 118 brewers doing it. i never thought as an ultralight backpacker that i would carry all that weight in my pack, but just judging the quality of craft beers available, i not only am willing to carry that weight, im looking forward to it

link to the canned beer list. have fun~! http://www.craftcans.com/