Originally Posted by TMOliver

I guess I'm simply irredeemable, unable to bring myself to like in of the "flavored" beers I've tried over the years, beginning decades ago with a German encounter with a modest beer flavored with raspberry syrup, and reaching its nadir when a neighbor ruined a BBQ by supplying the beer, Citrus-flavored Coors Light.

There's a tale behind my dislike. Almost 60 years ago, a college room mate and I attempted home-brewing. We had so many empties on the back porch that simply cried for filling! Somewhere, we went wrong. Even long dead rodents wouldn't overcome the sour beer reek in the closet which comprised our brewhouse, where a handful of exploding bottles promised to eat up our security deposit. Then my roomie read that flavoring the brew with orange peel might help cover the "off" taste of our product. It didn't, only imparting a citrusy twang to the undrinkable mess, resembling beer only in having bubbles.

Ever since, any exposure to flavored brews reminds me of my past sins, and a room mate mournfully departed this vale of tears. I think the our beer did it, a long-acting slow poison aggravated by his years of daily consumption of Shiner, the old stuff of memory, and the recent examples, including strawberry and grapefruit, deadly and damnable.

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Delirium in a can? I've never seen any of the Belgian beers come in anything other than bottles. Generally speaking, I have been seeing a lot more canned craft beers in the store; I imagine it's probably a combination of being environmentally conscious (cans are far less energy-intensive, IIRC), along with cans actually being cheaper.

Frankly, it's always more satisfying to snap back the top of the can to open it - and doesn't always require you to have a bottle opener handy.

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Delirium in a can? I've never seen any of the Belgian beers come in anything other than bottles. Generally speaking, I have been seeing a lot more canned craft beers in the store; I imagine it's probably a combination of being environmentally conscious (cans are far less energy-intensive, IIRC), along with cans actually being cheaper.

Frankly, it's always more satisfying to snap back the top of the can to open it - and doesn't always require you to have a bottle opener handy.

Originally Posted by BamaVol

In addition to protecting beer better from light and costing less to ship, I was told at one Asheville brewery that a canning line was cheaper to set up and run than a bottling line.

I've never seen Delirium in a can either, but coincidentally a co-worker just walked into my office and gifted me with a bottle of Delirium Red. The pink elephant on the label is sporting a pair of cherries hanging from his ear.

Originally Posted by Duke787

I was surprised too but it was a great find for an outdoor bar on a warm Saturday night in North Carolina. Cans are 16oz cans. I did some searching and Total Wine in NC sells a 4 pack of the cans for $18.99. Haven't looked to find it at any of my go-to local beer retailers (or the grocery stores). It looks like this:

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Does it taste any different? (I know it shouldn't, but I think canned beers do taste a little different)

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37

Does it taste any different? (I know it shouldn't, but I think canned beers do taste a little different)

Originally Posted by diburning

I think canned beers taste different as well. Canned beer tastes irritatingly bitter to me whereas the same exact beer from a glass bottle tastes smooth.

Originally Posted by diburning

I think canned beers taste different as well. Canned beer tastes irritatingly bitter to me whereas the same exact beer from a glass bottle tastes smooth.

Originally Posted by pseudoswede

Back to drinking Innis & Gunn Rum Cask.