Comments on: Cans VS Bottles http://www.nerdoutloud.com/2009/09/02/cans-vs-bottles/ Embrace Your Inner Nerd Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: JoJo http://www.nerdoutloud.com/2009/09/02/cans-vs-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-24 JoJo Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:51:14 +0000 http://www.nerdoutloud.com/?p=169#comment-24 Oh, but look: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3467922815_8210b13c83.jpg It's pretty AND delish! Also, that broken beer bottle business rarely works properly. You're better off hitting someone with a chair or a dustbuster. I'm just sayin.... Oh, but look: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3467922815_8210b13c83.jpg It’s pretty AND delish! Also, that broken beer bottle business rarely works properly. You’re better off hitting someone with a chair or a dustbuster. I’m just sayin….

]]> By: Jeff http://www.nerdoutloud.com/2009/09/02/cans-vs-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Jeff Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:55 +0000 http://www.nerdoutloud.com/?p=169#comment-19 Cans also have the benefits of being cheaper to ship (with a lower carbon footprint), more shelf space efficient (and hence easier to cool, again less energy use), quicker to cool when purchased at room temp, and easier to recycle. They really are the superior format, and the only things that have prevented their takeover are the high cost of packaging equipment vs bottling until very recently, and a big chunk of (somewhat deserved) snobbery in the marketplace about the caliber of beer that has historically been canned. I do wonder about the potential of "bottle conditioning" in cans and if the format would interfere with that, as far as I know nobody has really brought such a thing to market. But put me down for the stubby, stout dwarven option any day. ONE PROBLEM: Cans make lousy improvised weapons in a bar fight. Do you really wanna go up against a tweaking biker with a broken beer bottle in hand vs your eco-friendly, technologically superior tube of aluminum when the day comes? I submit sir, that you do not. SOLUTION: Drink only tequila in those sorts of bars, straight from the bottle. Larger bottle = better reach and more damage. Cans also have the benefits of being cheaper to ship (with a lower carbon footprint), more shelf space efficient (and hence easier to cool, again less energy use), quicker to cool when purchased at room temp, and easier to recycle.

They really are the superior format, and the only things that have prevented their takeover are the high cost of packaging equipment vs bottling until very recently, and a big chunk of (somewhat deserved) snobbery in the marketplace about the caliber of beer that has historically been canned. I do wonder about the potential of “bottle conditioning” in cans and if the format would interfere with that, as far as I know nobody has really brought such a thing to market.

But put me down for the stubby, stout dwarven option any day.

ONE PROBLEM: Cans make lousy improvised weapons in a bar fight. Do you really wanna go up against a tweaking biker with a broken beer bottle in hand vs your eco-friendly, technologically superior tube of aluminum when the day comes? I submit sir, that you do not.

SOLUTION: Drink only tequila in those sorts of bars, straight from the bottle. Larger bottle = better reach and more damage.

]]> By: Holmes http://www.nerdoutloud.com/2009/09/02/cans-vs-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Holmes Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:05:28 +0000 http://www.nerdoutloud.com/?p=169#comment-18 Unlike people, a beer's true beauty is on the inside. And I must say, thanks to you and Brandon, Dale's is now one of my favorites. Unlike people, a beer’s true beauty is on the inside. And I must say, thanks to you and Brandon, Dale’s is now one of my favorites.

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