Why is it that...

[The_Pyper]

Draft beers seem better to me than bottled? I like shiner a lot, but for some reason draft seems so much better to me. Am i imagining things or is there really a disparity between the tastes of the two?

[mattbta]

To me, cheaper beers taste better via draft...but the more 'beer snob' ones taste worse. For instance, shiner, bud, miller, guinness, et al taste better draft.

My usual Newcastle tastes like ass to me when I get it draft. I've had Unibroue's Maudite and La Fin Du Monde draft from Flying Saucer and it was a disgrace.

This JMHO.

[Jackal]

I'm pretty sure it has a lot to do with your sense of smell. Bottles don't allow you to get the full "experience" of drinking beer, since you aren't able to really smell what you're drinking.

The "true" way a beer should be drank is by poring it into a glass (snifter) so you are able to get the full aroma from the beer and thus, the full/true taste of the beer.

That's the gist of it anyway.

[Vistaman]

Originally Posted by phirehawk265

I'm pretty sure it has a lot to do with your sense of smell. Bottles don't allow you to get the full "experience" of drinking beer, since you aren't able to really smell what you're drinking.

The "true" way a beer should be drank is by poring it into a glass (snifter) so you are able to get the full aroma from the beer and thus, the full/true taste of the beer.

That's the gist of it anyway.

[91mini]

Originally Posted by phirehawk265

I'm pretty sure it has a lot to do with your sense of smell. Bottles don't allow you to get the full "experience" of drinking beer, since you aren't able to really smell what you're drinking.

The "true" way a beer should be drank is by poring it into a glass (snifter) so you are able to get the full aroma from the beer and thus, the full/true taste of the beer.

That's the gist of it anyway.

Exactly, unless I'm at a party I like to pour my beer in a glass. That's also another reason that I like to go to resturaunts that have a wide selection on draft. Just got back from Buffalo Wild Wings and had a couple of glasses of Newcastle. I love the head on that beer. Nice, frothy, and dark.

[chimay]

I've noticed this a lot with Amber Boch. In the bottle it's good, but I've never had it taste the same on draft between different locations. One place it's almost creamy and another it tastes just like out of the bottle. The rest fall some where in between... And yes I know saying creamy sounds weird when referring to beer, but I do not know how else to describe it.

[DrEvyl666]

Originally Posted by mattbta

To me, cheaper beers taste better via draft...but the more 'beer snob' ones taste worse. For instance, shiner, bud, miller, guinness, et al taste better draft.

My usual Newcastle tastes like ass to me when I get it draft. I've had Unibroue's Maudite and La Fin Du Monde draft from Flying Saucer and it was a disgrace.

This JMHO.

The issue with Unibroue on tap is that they periodically need to shake the keg up a little bit and stir up the sediment, it's part of what gives the beer it's flavor. The first time I ever tried Maudite was at a beer festival, and it was on tap... and I thought it was one of the best beers I'd ever had in my life..

I came home and started raving about it on LS1... and converted a whole new group of Unibroue snobs.. LOL

[FirehawkNS]

I always liked my beer in a bottle better. Might have to spend more time trying glasses instead.

[Booger]

Originally Posted by FirehawkNS

I always liked my beer in a bottle better. Might have to spend more time trying glasses instead.

Good beer is not drank from a bottle. Pouring the beer in the proper glass makes a world of difference. I'm a mini beer-snob and have noticed quite a difference when switching from a sniffer to a weizen to shaker (pint) to a trappist glass.

the majority of beers can be drank from a pint style glass, but its better to have a nice selection of glassware if you're trying more expensive and more robust brews.