The Beerists Podcast - Episode 12 - CAN You Taste the Difference?

Episode 12- CAN You Taste the Difference? Does a beer that was canned taste different than the same beer from a bottle? This week, we put ourselves through a blind tasting to see if there we could detect a difference. Check out our results below. HeinekenAvery White RascalMagic Hat #9Paulaner Hefe-WeizenSierra Nevada Pale AleNew Belgium Ranger IPA Results: After being poured in another room, samples were presented in glasses labeled A and B. We were aware of the beer brand/type being served, but not which of our glasses contained the can sample or bottle sample. Our job was to try to determine which samples were poured from a bottle, and which were poured from a can. JohnHeineken CorrectAvery White Rascal CorrectMagic Hat #9 CorrectPaulaner Hefe-Weizen CorrectSierra Nevada Pale Ale CorrectNew Belgium Ranger IPA Correct AnastaciaHeineken CorrectAvery White Rascal IncorrectMagic Hat #9 CorrectPaulaner Hefe-Weizen IncorrectSierra Nevada Pale Ale CorrectNew Belgium Ranger IPA Correct GrantHeineken CorrectAvery White Rascal CorrectMagic Hat #9 CorrectPaulaner Hefe-Weizen IncorrectSierra Nevada Pale Ale CorrectNew Belgium Ranger IPA Incorrect MikeHeineken IncorrectAvery White Rascal CorrectMagic Hat #9 CorrectPaulaner Hefe-Weizen CorrectSierra Nevada Pale Ale CorrectNew Belgium Ranger IPA Correct RyanHeineken CorrectAvery White Rascal IncorrectMagic Hat #9 IncorrectPaulaner Hefe-Weizen CorrectSierra Nevada Pale Ale CorrectNew Belgium Ranger IPA Correct In conclusion, we were all able to reliably guess correctly more than 50% of the time. We also thought that the samples that came from cans most often displayed the more favorable characteristics. Additionally, the canned samples displayed fewer flaws or off-flavors in our opinions. Subscribe:Point your podcatcher to our RSS feed: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/thebeerists Or, subscribe via iTunes (Give us a review and a rating!)Download a PDF of our show notes for this episode here . The Beerists are: John Rubio, Anastacia Kelly, and Grant Davis. With Mike Lambert and guest Ryan Mesch. twitter.com/thebeeristsfacebook.com/thebeeristsinfo@thebeerists.com Theme music provided by Defalated Ballon.