Why does Lager taste different out of a can?

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8 Aug 2010

I’m assuming it’s something to do with the metal – does it dissolve in the drink? Is it less healthy?

4 Responses to Why does Lager taste different out of a can?

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MadMike

August 8th, 2010 at 4:53 pm

typically most canned beers/lager/ales test poor in a can. Taste best from glass/bottles or pewter mugs

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H-man

August 8th, 2010 at 5:18 pm

It is one of those oddities that I have found, I have found the same thing with milk drinking it out of the carton. It tastes better out of a glass or the bottle when it came in bottles.
Nothing leeches into the beer or milk, I think we somehow taste the metal which spoils the taste.

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Coopers

August 8th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

glass protects contents better than metal. specially dark glass, green or amber. think coca cola in a can vs bottle. or olive oil in a can vs a glass bottle glass always taste better

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STARCHILD55

August 8th, 2010 at 6:05 pm

CLOSE. Check this out. The metal does not dissolve into the Lager, what happens is that the Lager chemically reacts to the metal changing the taste to a slight degree. I want to say that the taste is a little shy of being tinny. Copper or caste does no cause this reaction but they are to expensive. How about a hardwood keg of maybe TWENTY GALS? Glass tops all when thinking of cost

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