Bottles becoming passé?

Well said. I agree with your sentiment. But allow for "about 12 oz." bottles. In the US west, 11 oz bottles were once common, in the Northwest through the 70s. In Canada the bottles still are 341 ml. That's 12 Imperial fluid ounces, about 3% smaller than the 355 ml 12 oz. in the US. Then there is the 1/3 liter used in Europe and elsewhere. All close enough, I think. Fed. rules allow 3% underfill in a 12 oz beer bottle, so even a 12 oz. bottle might not have 12 oz. of beer. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/19.356

 

Totally agree!

 

Something about a "Can Conditioned" Belgian style beer just doesn't do it for me.
If no glass ware is available, I would greatly prefer a glass bottle.
Especially for Miller High Life. Don't hate, but it, as most all beer, tastes best on tap of course, but outta da bottle tastes far superior to the can.
Just my opinion.

 

Amazon sells snap on can tops with a built in pourer. They work well for not yet used beverage portions.
There is also an option that lets you pump air into the can to stall it from going flat for a short duration.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't need that many, but such is life. I clicked the button.
Sure will make life easier in that respect as I was looking for a solution for that. I don't need it pressurized as It's just to keep the can from absorbing odors form the fridge while I drink the first half.
Life is good!

 

We did some spring cleaning this weekend and one unintended side effect of cans is those plastic 4/6 can holders. I've got dozens of those things!

 

Agree. When I want 32 ounces of Corona, the Familiar is good and much better than Extra. I enjoy it in the warmer seasons of the year.

 

I prefer bottles.

https://oct.co/essays/beer-bottle-versus-can-debate

"Since at least the 1980s, all aluminum beverage cans in America have been lined with BPA, a polycarbonate epoxy-resin that’s run afoul of some controversy in recent years: First created as a synthetic estrogen in 1891, it’s acknowledged to be slightly toxic even by breweries (like Sierra Nevada), who have no choice but to rely on cans lined with the stuff. There’s just no other game in town right now."

 

If you have a local brewery that sells their beer in 4/6-packs in 12/16 oz cans, you should ask them, if they can use those. Also, a lot of breweries are switching to cardboard and other biodegradable carriers.

I prefer dark, brown glass 12 oz bottles. I don't like aluminum, plastic and BPA. And in my opinion, aluminum cans aren't suitable for cellaring/aging beer.

 

I agree! Who doesn't love two beers in one convenient package!?

 

I hope they don’t go away anymore than they already have, I enjoy saving caps.

 

My preference is cans. Weight, refrigerator space, recycling. If the same beer is on the shelf in can and bottles, I pick the cans. I also like that more options are showing up in 16oz cans.

More and more breweries are doing away with their bottling lines, especially for the 12oz stuff. For them, they can store a lot more empties and fulls per sq/ft of space. I suspect that distributors have the same take.