Hi all --
I understand that a few micros have been canning awhile, but I just had my first canned micro -- Dale's Pale Ale.
The best part was that there was no "psst" as I cracked the can, so they're able to really avoid air in the can with the new machines I guess.
I poured it into a glass and it had great color, head, everything, and a nice hop aroma, but there was a very distinct obvious aluminum aroma, and some aluminum flavor as well.
I know that the actual exposure of beer to aluminum is just the beer pouring over the lip of the opening, but maybe that's enough to leach some flavor. I've had beer out of the aluminum bottles and there was no metal flavor.
Or, could there be some aluminum leached into the plastic lining and then into the beer during storage?
I really want cans to be a great package because of all the great advantages they offer, but putting aluminum in my beer.... just not cool.
I understand that a few micros have been canning awhile, but I just had my first canned micro -- Dale's Pale Ale.
The best part was that there was no "psst" as I cracked the can, so they're able to really avoid air in the can with the new machines I guess.
I poured it into a glass and it had great color, head, everything, and a nice hop aroma, but there was a very distinct obvious aluminum aroma, and some aluminum flavor as well.
I know that the actual exposure of beer to aluminum is just the beer pouring over the lip of the opening, but maybe that's enough to leach some flavor. I've had beer out of the aluminum bottles and there was no metal flavor.
Or, could there be some aluminum leached into the plastic lining and then into the beer during storage?
I really want cans to be a great package because of all the great advantages they offer, but putting aluminum in my beer.... just not cool.
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