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.

Heineken

Avery White Rascal

Magic Hat #9

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

New 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.

John

Heineken Correct

Avery White Rascal Correct

Magic Hat #9 Correct

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Correct

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Correct

New Belgium Ranger IPA Correct

Anastacia

Heineken Correct

Avery White Rascal Incorrect

Magic Hat #9 Correct

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Incorrect

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Correct

New Belgium Ranger IPA Correct

Grant

Heineken Correct

Avery White Rascal Correct

Magic Hat #9 Correct

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Incorrect

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Correct

New Belgium Ranger IPA Incorrect

Mike

Heineken Incorrect

Avery White Rascal Correct

Magic Hat #9 Correct

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Correct

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Correct

New Belgium Ranger IPA Correct

Ryan

Heineken Correct

Avery White Rascal Incorrect

Magic Hat #9 Incorrect

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen Correct

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Correct

New 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.

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