Is Tap Easier to Drink For You?

If I'm at drinking at home, I'm cooking or cleaning or playing guitar, the beverage is a second thought.
At a bar my hand is on or around the glass the whole time. Even if I'm in a deep conversation, I'll probably take sips unintentionally while "listening."

No reason to overthink this one.

 

I always drink a nitro-draught beer faster. Not sure what that adds to the discussion.

 

Yes, it's just science. When you drink straight from the tap the pressurized contents are automatically forced through your throat into your stomach without the need to swallow. Sipping from a glass requires the drinkers to manually push the liquids down ones throat.

 

I drink faster from the tap just because I think it is the atmosphere I am in. At home, I am relaxed listening to music and checking out the BA forums. In a bar or brewery I am checking out women, eaves dropping on other peoples conversations and running into friends I have not seen in awhile.

 

The easiest to drink is the one that is in my hand. It all goes down.

 

Was going to say this. I think its atmosphere for me too, always seem to go a little faster while out. for most of the reasons above. the only exception might be if i'm at a brewery trying some new stuff and reviewing - but thats a minority of the time

 

Since I've had a kegerator at home I find I drink more and faster. When the taps are dry and I'm into bottles and cans it is much more reasonable. The other issue with draft at home is half fills and top offs. Can't walk by with a glass without adding something to it. Bottles control that because I'm usually not willing to open a full beer.

 

Honestly, I hardly ever drink from a bottle or can anymore. I have glasses on hand, either frosted of not, and usually pour my beer in a glass when I'm home. Because of my family obligations I rarely have time to actually go to a bar to have a beer, so it is relegated to when we are out to eat. That means I have a finite amount of time to drink my beer, so I definitely drink faster when I'm out.
Too long winded???

 

Other than tap beer normally being served too cold there's little to no difference. Tap imo is normally not as good as the bottle though most of that most likely is again it's normally served too cold.

 

Depending on how the draught line is set up and how the bartender drew you beer vs. how you poured your own beer from the bottle, especially if you poured "carefully" with little head created - the draft might be "Easier". In that case, often the draught beer will be less carbonated and so less "filling", as well as smoother - less CO2 tang, and so easier to drink.

It's why many brewers suggest pouring bottled beer aggressively - "straight down the middle" - to create a larger head to expel some of that excess carbon dioxide.

 

Maybe it's just a matter of salt. Don't bars supply free salty snacks to encourage more (IE, faster) drinking? Do you eat equally salty food at home?

 

As a cask drinker I find that bottled/kegged/canned beers tend to be much more difficult to drink because of overcarbonation. When I do drink bottled beer as often as not I agitate the beer with a fork to get rid of the gas.
Overcarbonation also gives an almost metallic tang , this is recognised in the industry but unfortunately their solution of replacing some of the CO2 with nitrogen makes things worse.Very much worse to the extent that flavours are significantly masked.
I'm no fan of a large head , like oil in your car once you have enough then adding extra doesn't help.It ends up getting in your way.

 

I actually seem to drink faster at home when I'm mindlessly watching a game or even just relaxing. No BAC concerns on the couch!

 

Cask conditioned stuff is easier to drink than canned and bottled beers. I think keg is largely the same.

 

I LOL'd.

And TDA, I do prefer drinking form tap because my local bar serves them at slightly warmer temps than my refrigerator. I don't have to wait for it to warm up a bit.

 

Any way is easy for me.

 

Wait...we're supposed to be drinking this stuff?

 

I think you're on drugs...

 

I drink at the same pace whether drinking from tap or out of a bottle/can (poured into a glass of course).

Hangovers, that's another story. I ALWAYS feel worse when I've over-imbibed from a tap vs. the same amount out of can/bottle.