Is tap bear better than bottled beer?

[SeattleUte]

I'm not a beer aficionado; I rarely drink it. I've been told that tap beer has no edge on bottled beer, in fact, that tap beer can be incompetently maintained and drawn; there's an art to it. But the instances where I take a sip and think, "Wow, that's better than I expected," it's tap beer. I also notice that anyone I know who favors beer asks for what's on tap and orders tap beer.

[DU Ute]

I don't know about beer, but I prefer Dr. Pepper from the fountain over bottled. I hope that helps.

[wuapinmon]

You get too much hair in your mouth from this one:

[Guest]

SU doesn't always drink beer, but when he does...he prefers draught beer.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

SU on rollerblading...

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[RobinFinderson]

I always order what is on tap, if available. I've never considered trying tap vs bottle vs can, side by side, one after the other. That would be fun.

For the longest time I would only buy beer in bottles. Then I found a delicious beer that only comes in a can at trader joes (can't recall name. Bright blue can with Witte... something in the name). At Joshua Tree over the weekend I actually developed a taste for Budweiser in a can. It was perfect and way tastier than I had ever imagined (really, I had never had Budweiser before).

So, as they say, I really do like it in the can.

[RobinFinderson]

Here is the stuff that made me reconsider cans:

[Non Sequitur]

Absolutely no comparison. It's similar to drinking wine from a glass as opposed to drinking it directly from the bottle. A good beer needs to breath.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Tap is better IMO, but it needs maintained correctly.

[MartyFunkhouser]

When I was a beer drinker, I definitely preferred it on tap over a bottle. My favorite that was readily available was Fat Tire Amber Ale on tap.

[landpoke]

Beer snobs might protest, but it's mainly a matter of personal preference. Some beers taste much better (to me) from the tap (Redhook is a prime example) some taste better in a can (Coors) and some are better in a bottle (Budweiser.) That being said, there's something in what SU say's re: the pour. If the lines to the tap haven't been cleaned recently it really does make a difference.

Although not directly on point, I read an article once where they did a blind wine tasting where they had two samples of the same wine. One was allowed to breath and the other was poured right after opening. The "expert" tasters could not identify the wine that was allowed to breath often enough to be statistically significant.

[SeattleUte]

Although not directly on point, I read an article once where they did a blind wine tasting where they had two samples of the same wine. One was allowed to breath and the other was poured right after opening. The "expert" tasters could not identify the wine that was allowed to breath often enough to be statistically significant.

I once participated with a client in a taste test of cognacs. They were mostly Remi Martins, and XO was one of the less expensive (the restaurant poured prhaps eight glasses for each of us, each containing little more than a swallow). The game was to rank them and see if our ranking coincided with the price and prestige. My client is a regular cognac drinker. Well, we both failed. My own selections were almost exactly in reverse of price. I rated Louise XIII dead last. I decided to go by smoothness, and I guess complexity is more desireable. But what do I know.

[YOhio]

I once participated with a client in a taste test of cognacs. They were mostly Remi Martins, and XO was one of the less expensive (the restaurant poured prhaps eight glasses for each of us, each containing little more than a swallow). The game was to rank them and see if our ranking coincided with the price and prestige. My client is a regular cognac drinker. Well, we both failed. My own selections were almost exactly in reverse of price. I rated Louise XIII dead last. I decided to go by smoothness, and I guess complexity is more desireable. But what do I know.

Just another example of your Mormon upbringing failing you.

[SeattleUte]

Just another example of your Mormon upbringing failing you.

I know!