Cans and Screw Tops
The beer world has always discussed the validity of cans vs bottles. I must admit that I am guilty of being a bottle snob; albeit, the more I think about it I have almost no reason to be. Earlier today I read an article by Fast Company about craft brewers and how many are adding cans to their product lines. Most of them are doing this for the sake of lowering cost and improving environmental sustainability. This should come as no surprise given those are two of the biggest concerns for companies these days, further proven by the Huffingon Post article about the 8 ‘greenest’ breweries in the US.
Although I care about the environment, that aspect of the can topic has been covered by the other websites. What the other articles didn’t do was discuss the flavor aspects of bottles vs cans in any depth, which in turn reminded me of the great wine world debate of Corks vs Screw tops. Much like with cans, screw tops offer better flavor protection then their more traditional rivals, but due to perception are considered a sign of cheap inferior wine.
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