Usually I think cans are an inferior packaging material than glass or plastic bottles with the exceptions listed below. Add your judgement and comments...
Diet Coke in cans tastes far superior than plastic bottles. Don't think I've ever had a DC in a glass bottle so can't make judgement there. YES CELLIE, I know I shouldn't be drinking Diet Coke so please forgo the lecture.
GUINNESS DRAFT is way better in cans than in bottles and even better than on tap GUINNESS anywhere in the world with the exception of Ireland and Northern Island. The reason for this is a bit of bottling MAGIC invented by the packagers of Newcastle Brown Ale which also tastes better in cans than bottles. It's called "The Nitrogen Effect" and depends on a small, hollow plastic disc full of tiny holes inside the can, which you can hear rattling around when you shake an empty can. I know the inventor won a prize for this, and am still waiting for him to get a Nobel Prize for it, along with the inventors of Vise Grips, WD40 and Duct Tape...
Here's an explanation of "The Nitrogen Effect":
The 16.9-ounce cans are filled with 14.9 ounces of beer, a hollow plastic disc and a minute amount of liquid nitrogen. Then the can lid is quickly attached. As the liquid nitrogen warms, it turns to gas, raising the pressure inside the can and forcing about 1 percent of the beer into the hollow plastic disk. When the can is opened, the pressure is released. That small amount of beer streams out through the tiny hole, creating a geyser effect inside the can. This agitation causes carbon dioxide to be physically knocked out of solution, creating the little creamy bubbles. It’s just like a draft beer in a traditional English pub — high pressure, low carbonation.
Diet Coke in cans tastes far superior than plastic bottles. Don't think I've ever had a DC in a glass bottle so can't make judgement there. YES CELLIE, I know I shouldn't be drinking Diet Coke so please forgo the lecture.
GUINNESS DRAFT is way better in cans than in bottles and even better than on tap GUINNESS anywhere in the world with the exception of Ireland and Northern Island. The reason for this is a bit of bottling MAGIC invented by the packagers of Newcastle Brown Ale which also tastes better in cans than bottles. It's called "The Nitrogen Effect" and depends on a small, hollow plastic disc full of tiny holes inside the can, which you can hear rattling around when you shake an empty can. I know the inventor won a prize for this, and am still waiting for him to get a Nobel Prize for it, along with the inventors of Vise Grips, WD40 and Duct Tape...
Here's an explanation of "The Nitrogen Effect":
The 16.9-ounce cans are filled with 14.9 ounces of beer, a hollow plastic disc and a minute amount of liquid nitrogen. Then the can lid is quickly attached. As the liquid nitrogen warms, it turns to gas, raising the pressure inside the can and forcing about 1 percent of the beer into the hollow plastic disk. When the can is opened, the pressure is released. That small amount of beer streams out through the tiny hole, creating a geyser effect inside the can. This agitation causes carbon dioxide to be physically knocked out of solution, creating the little creamy bubbles. It’s just like a draft beer in a traditional English pub — high pressure, low carbonation.
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