Haven’t had it yet but am anxious to try it…SNPA is one of the small handfuls of commercial beers I ever buy. I think it’s great that they’re jumping on the can bandwagon. I have long thought that the can is an ideal container for beer.
So what’s the inside scoop on this…is the canned version conditioned prior to packaging and then filtered or pasteurized (as opposed to the bottle conditioned version)?
The cans haven’t made it out here yet, but there was an advertisement in the latest Zymurgy for it. It says “can-conditioned.” I’m looking forward to it arriving in the midwest. I’m curious to know how they stack pallets of the cans while conditioning. I always thought the resistance to crushing of cans was partly due to the pressure inside.
I’ve had both the PA and Torpedo in cans. There is no difference in carbonation or flavor between cans and bottles. SN does “can condition” the beer, just like the bottle condition. when I was there they were doing extensive testing of cans to see which ones could withstand the pressure of being stacked before they had the additional pressure of being can conditioned to help stiffen them up.
I did a side by side and they both taste the same, the cans state that they care can-conditioned, speaking of cans, Half Acre brewing in Chicago is also canning their Daisy Cutter Pale Ale and it’s awesome!
As much as I love their beers, I will agree with you that SNPA tends toward over carbonation (made that way for American tastes, I suppose). The excess gas masks a lot of the good flavor they pack into their ale.
Easily remedied, though…I always pour it into a pint glass and give it a vigorous stir to release a good bit of the carbonation. To me, the already fine SNPA tastes much better when a fair amount of the carbonation is stirred out of it.
Oskar Blues is one of the few breweries that i like that cans their beer. Upslope from Boulder, CO cans their beer and it’s pretty good. I still think that the can has a different taste, than a bottle but overall drinkable