Why does beer on tap taste so much better than beer in cans/bottles (even if you pour it into a glass)?
Beer on tap
Cuz its served at the right temperature, isn't over gassed or had the taste compromised by its container and is served in a fresh glass and poured correctly.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.
Originally Posted by mathertron:
“Cuz its served at the right temperature, isn't over gassed or had the taste compromised by its container and is served in a fresh glass and poured correctly.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
“Cuz its served at the right temperature, isn't over gassed or had the taste compromised by its container and is served in a fresh glass and poured correctly.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
Ah, okay - thanks
Originally Posted by mathertron:
“ if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
“ if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
Is there nothing that Jim Henson didn't branch into?
Originally Posted by mathertron:
“Cuz its served at the right temperature, isn't over gassed or had the taste compromised by its container and is served in a fresh glass and poured correctly.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
“Cuz its served at the right temperature, isn't over gassed or had the taste compromised by its container and is served in a fresh glass and poured correctly.
Of course bad cellar management and dirty lines can make a pint of draught taste like shit if the bar you are frequenting is run by muppets.”
I've been told that the way to keep beer tasting perfect is to keep the cellar spotlessly clean - any dust flying around in the cellar gets sucked into the barrel when a pint is drawn and very quickly starts deterioration of the sugars. Dusty beer can go off in a day.
I went for a tour of my favourite local brewery and was surprised to hear them say that the bottled beer was a different brew to the draught beer. I should have realised, really, considering the alcohol percentages were different, but I didn't 
That's why that particular beer tastes completely different.
That's why that particular beer tastes completely different.
Bottled beer can taste great also.
As stated earlier it's all to do with storage, preparation and serving.
If you can try and avoid green glass bottles if they have been exposed to strong light to prevent the beer skunking.
If product is in green glass buy by the case or 4/6 pack with cardboard wrap.
Serve the beer at the correct temperature (most brewers will tell you what the correct temperature to serve their product is - sometimes displayed on websites).
Serve in a clean glass also.
As stated earlier it's all to do with storage, preparation and serving.
If you can try and avoid green glass bottles if they have been exposed to strong light to prevent the beer skunking.
If product is in green glass buy by the case or 4/6 pack with cardboard wrap.
Serve the beer at the correct temperature (most brewers will tell you what the correct temperature to serve their product is - sometimes displayed on websites).
Serve in a clean glass also.
Originally Posted by tangsman:
“Bottled beer can taste great also.
As stated earlier it's all to do with storage, preparation and serving.
If you can try and avoid green glass bottles if they have been exposed to strong light to prevent the beer skunking.
If product is in green glass buy by the case or 4/6 pack with cardboard wrap.
Serve the beer at the correct temperature (most brewers will tell you what the correct temperature to serve their product is - sometimes displayed on websites).
Serve in a clean glass also.”
“Bottled beer can taste great also.
As stated earlier it's all to do with storage, preparation and serving.
If you can try and avoid green glass bottles if they have been exposed to strong light to prevent the beer skunking.
If product is in green glass buy by the case or 4/6 pack with cardboard wrap.
Serve the beer at the correct temperature (most brewers will tell you what the correct temperature to serve their product is - sometimes displayed on websites).
Serve in a clean glass also.”
When I (rarely) drink lager, I always prefer brown bottled to green - is that because of sunlight then? Interesting
Originally Posted by Revenga:
“When I (rarely) drink lager, I always prefer brown bottled to green - is that because of sunlight then? Interesting”
“When I (rarely) drink lager, I always prefer brown bottled to green - is that because of sunlight then? Interesting
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bo...ghtstruck_beer
Beer in green and clear glass has been proven to deteriorate if exposed to UV and visible light. Lighting in supermarkets can harm the liquid in the bottle if exposed for a long period.
Brown glass is much better at preventing such a problem.
Try making a homebrew. Cheaper, tastier, no nasty chemicals and you can control the alcohol content.
Far better than the mass produced, or even alleged "microbrewed" rubbish.
Far better than the mass produced, or even alleged "microbrewed" rubbish.
Originally Posted by Mantey:
“Try making a homebrew. Cheaper, tastier, no nasty chemicals and you can control the alcohol content.
Far better than the mass produced, or even alleged "microbrewed" rubbish.”
“Try making a homebrew. Cheaper, tastier, no nasty chemicals and you can control the alcohol content.
Far better than the mass produced, or even alleged "microbrewed" rubbish.”
Again, most people cannot make beer to anywhere near the level of mass produced beer or they would.
You must be very busy.
Originally Posted by TommyGavin76:
“Again, most people cannot make beer to anywhere near the level of mass produced beer or they would.
You must be very busy.”
“Again, most people cannot make beer to anywhere near the level of mass produced beer or they would.
You must be very busy.
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Of course they can. Visit a brewshop, pick up the ingredients, after a few "practice" brews you can VERY easily brew a product better than any of the mass produced beers sold in pubs.
