"Problem Children" CANs

IMO bottles !

 

I recently saw cans of Ommegang Bourbon Barrel Aged Three Philosophers and thought...”this isn’t right”.

 

Edit: ^^^Yep

First off, I'm from Delaware and, though I generally have disdain for my home state and am glad I left, I kind of wish I was there so I could drive to Wilmington to meet you @woodychandler . You're certainly a character (a CANacter? I don't know how this works) and am curious to see what this movie is like with you in it.

To answer your question, *generally speaking* any beers intended for aging I feel like shouldn't be in a can. Everything else, let 'er rip.

 

Exploding beer isn't a can problem, it's a brewer problem.

 

Do you find that there are certain style(s) that this tends to happen to more often? Certain breweries that it happens more frequently? With the growth of canning, and the growth of collective knowledge gathered, shouldn't this be happening less and less?

 

There are just some things you CAN't do with CANs. Great as they are, they aren't for everything and I doubt even you would want to see CANtillon CANs. Perhaps I'm wrong but that's my CRV.

 

I’m of the opinion that more breweries/beer drinkers should experiment with aging beers in cans. It doesn’t mean that all beers aged in cans are better/worse than the same beer aged in bottles, just that we should gather more experience before jumping to CANclusions.

Assuming the long-term general experience is similar to my own, I welcome an age in which BA beers as well as fresh beer of all styles is greeted in cans. I’d rather put my money towards the beer itself vs. wax-dipped 22s.

 

Sure, Ten Fidy and BA Ten Fidy probably age just fine in the can, although it probably takes longer for the oxidation effects to kick in. But, as @Beer_Stan said, Cantillon in a can? SMH

 

It feels weird seeing CANS on my "cellar" shelves. Aging in CANS? I love CANS and really like the move towards them, but it seems weird seeing certain beers in CANS. Will Expedition Stout be in CANS soon? What about KBS? I haven't had any explode yet though, so that's good.

 

Other than a couple cans that didn't seam right (might have been a ding on the lip of the can, a slight dent on a lid, or the seamer was mis-aligned )I've not had any of the CANtasrophies you've suffered. I also wonder if, perhaps, more folks jumping on the canning equipment bandwagon, that there might be some lesser quality equipment being used, which might be a CANtributing factor?

 

Peut-etre, but that doesn't acCANt for everything in the Bag o' Shame. Some of them have their own CANning line. No names, please.[/QUOTE]
Well, that's what I'm thinking: if a small, new-ish brewery wants in on the craze, perhaps they are buying their canning equipment from a new-ish equipment company, who gave them a deal to buy. And maybe that equipment is no to the quality of the more established manufacturers.

 

@beertunes "Well, that's what I'm thinking: if a small, new-ish brewery wants in on the craze, perhaps they are buying their canning equipment from a new-ish equipment company, who gave them a deal to buy. And maybe that equipment is no to the quality of the more established manufacturers."

Perhaps this is what CAN happen when we push the industry to do things too fast and not let it grow orCANically.

 

I’ve never ever had a can failure, and I’m sure I’m older than most of you. Bottles break, caps fail, bottles leak, bottles let in light and air. Shrugs, never a problem with a can of any flavor, the exception was maybe cutting fingers punching out the two silly holes in the old Coors cans.

 

The original post and the selective caps belong in the “Things that annoy” thread.

 

WoodyCANdler is a treasure on BA. We CAN always look forward to his entertaining CANmentary. We CAN have fun with these topics. I always enjoy your CANtributions too. They are often eduCANtional.