Taste differences between 11.2/12oz and 22oz/750ml

My only thought is that if this is the case, it may be related to bottle conditioning. Especially smaller-scale production beers, or ones that are hand-bottled, might show a difference in mouthfeel and appearance in particular. Just a hunch, but I feel the bigger bottles would be easier to hit a certain degree of consistency, just because the relative degree of variation (y'know, measured by volume) could be lower if done correctly.

But yeah, beers that really depend on bottle-conditioning like a lot of Belgian-style beers, I imagine, might taste different from larger as opposed to smaller bottles (also cap vs. C&C, related to the same above-mentioned reasons). But again—just a hunch.

 

Also a lot of it could just be perception. Big bottles and C&C = fancy-pants liquid.

 

I think the only concern should be the ratio of headspace to beer. 12 oz bottles have almost as much headspace as a 22 oz bottle, so in theory, the 12 oz bottle could experience a higher level of oxidation or experience the same level of oxidation but more quickly. Honestly though, I think it's mostly a non-issue when comparing sizes. Just buy what you want to drink.

 

Who have you heard this from? Did they actually conduct a blind tasting to see if people could spot the difference between the same beer poured from different size bottles? Until someone can show you the data doubt what you've heard.

 

ive hade 11.2 oz and 12.7 oz bottles, bombers and 750ml bottles and really cant decern the difference and i like the smaller format bottles more