Do you clean your cans before drinking?

I will confess that I don't clean the top of my cans but based upon the photo above maybe I should?

Who am I kidding; I am too lazy here. And the alcohol in the beer will kill any germs!

Cheers!

 

Yeah, in general I'll give 'em a quick wipe with a rag or towel, but I don't get too worried about it. Now if I see that there's been some spillage en route to me, then I'll clean 'em better.

 

Whatever you do, do not accept a beer can offered from Cousin Eddie!

Cheers!

 

Nah - maybe a quick top rub on the bottom of the tee shirt.
I started quaffing Genessee Beer in cans 50 years ago and nothing ever happened.

I mean as far as wiping the cans anyways lol.,.

 

If there is something visible, I'll wipe it off (maybe - depends on whether I notice).

Otherwise, no.

Personally, I think modern society is TOO sanitary, to our societal detriment (i.e. weakened immune response when it is really needed). JMO. I haven't investigated the science. Growing up on a dairy farm, I ingested a lot of crap (likely literally) with no harm.

 

Yeah, not so much but then it's the funk that keeps your immune system evolving in our world of ever changing strains

 

George Carlin had a whole standup routine on this. Just a snippet:

George Carlin : "When I was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s, we swam in the Hudson River, and it was filled with raw sewage, okay? We swam in raw sewage! You know, to cool off."

Cheers!

 

I'm of the "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" school. If I see something dodgy, I lick it off.

 

To your question, OP, if it's a full coverage sleeve/protect, and it "looks" clean, most of us will likely not do so.
If it's still wrapped at the top of the hilt with clear pastic and gunk gets on the top and I see that -ish, it will definitely get a little rinse off, and wipe-off from me.
Cheers und prost!

 

I’m a firm believer that all the crap I inadvertently ingest and inhale only makes me stronger. So no, I don’t. But I also almost never drink straight from the can, bottle, or tap.

 

I always wipe any can with the bottom of my shirt. Not sure that does anything from a sanitary perspective. It’s just a habit I developed. I general live by the motto “camping clean”.

 

During the we're all going to die stage of Covid I went to extremes. I also
greatly prefer bottles and purchase beer packaged that way when possible.
Now I give cans a quick wipe as needed. When I originally posted this pick
I said, this why I love cans so much.

 

I just give the old Tshirt wipe on the pour spout unless there is obvious dust/debris, then it'll get the hot water & paper towel wipe.

 

I use these (not always easy to find - damn supply chain problems!):

 

I confess I did this a few times at the beginning as well. But soon I fell back into lazy habits. So the answer is, no, I don’t clean the cans off.

 

Yup, a quick squirt from the faucet and then wipe with my shirt.

Enjoy

 

I don't usually bother unless it's obviously begrunged.

 

This. Exactly. This.

 

Cans out of a sealed carton no.
Pouring from can to glass. I’ll wash if there’s visual evidence of dirt.
Drinking straight from a can yes if home. If away from home it gets the shirt rub.