Does bottled and draft beer differ in taste? How does it differ, if at all? Thanks.?

Answer 1

I do not think it differs in taste. However, I do think it differs in strength. I like beer! Yes, Tom T., it makes me a jolly good fellow. I enjoy beer, so I like to be able to sip on a cold one for a long time before I get to be "too jolly." Draft beer hits me hard and fast, so I don't really get to enjoy it.

If you really like beer, stick to something mild and canned. If you want to get drunk in a hurry, go for Bud draft!

Answer 2

lets get one thing straight, shawn s is full of sh.t.

Draught beer is non pasturized and must be kept cold, it has its own internal pressure not provided by co2, the co2 is used only to push the beer thru the lines to the tap. It is called a balanced system when you measure the distance from the keg to the tap, the temperature in the cooler and at the tap, and the diameters of the beer lines and then when you open the tap out comes a fresh beer, not with a lot of foam and not flat but perfect.

Bottled or canned beer is pasturized in order to keep it from turning bad quickly for beer that is not pasturized will start to re-ferment at 42 degrees, that is why you always saw that Coors had to be refrigrated at all times.

Now the best part, most Americans drink their beer the wrong way and out of the wrong containers. The first thing you have to remember is that beer has natural carbonation and if you drink straight from the bottle or can the carbonation goes into your stomach which causes bloating and that full feeling, if you pour the beer into a 'beer clean' glass and give it a good head of foam, the carbonation goes into the air and you drink the beer as you should naturally. I know you cannot take glasses with you on the boat, into the park etc., but at home at least drink out of a glass.

Talking about glasses, beer is actually a food and reacts differently than other liquids, if your glass is cleaned with the normal diswasher soap, lux, dial, etc, you will leave oil deposits on the glass and the beer will never hold a head. Try this for an experiment take a glass you have just washed and rinse it under water than sprinkle salt all over it, wherever the salt sticks it is oily and not beer clean, than take the salt and rub it over the glass as if you were cleaning it, and rinse it again and try the same thing and you will have a beer clean glass, and when you pour a beer into it you will experience great flavor and full taste.

The same beer can taste about 4 - 5 different ways depending on how you pour it.

Pour it slowly with no head it will taste flat

Pour a good head it will taste fresh

Use a bad glass, again flat tasting

Use a beer clean glass put no head again a fresher beer but still flat.

The best method, beer clean 12 oz pilsner glass and about a 1inch head and you will have a great glass of beer.

Please enjoy responsibily and enjoy your beer and experiment with different brands and types.

Answer 3

draft beer is not pasteurized, bottle and can beer is, except in a few certain cases like with cold filtered beers. some people will say pasteurization takes away some of the taste but i have never had a draft beer that didnt taste watered down compared to the bottle or have a lighter taste or was just not as good. most of my favorite beers, i refuse to drink on tap cause i think they suck

Answer 4

Something that I learned from my home-brew friends. Draft beer doesn't actually go through the third and final fermentation stage where as bottled beer does. So although they may taste the same, bottled beer will actually have just a tad more alcohol content than draft beer!

Answer 5

Draft isn't necessarily fresher, but it usually has a touch richer flavor and body to it. You'll get a richer, better head on a serving of beer from the tap - which is what "draft" means - beer drawn off a keg via a tap. For many affictionados, especially folks in Canada and Europe, the head is as important and enjoyable as is the rest of the beverage. Us yanks often would prefer not to mess with a large head on our beers. Niether group is wrong, it's just a matter of socialization and individual taste.

Answer 6

Allways go with draft beer, that is, the kind on tap. Bottled or can beer is stored in those little bottles or cans and developes a stale or aftertaste. If you order in a bar, ask what they have on tap. That is a draft.

Answer 7

Bottled beer tastes crisper (to me).
Draft beer ALWAYS gives me a hangover.

Happy Drinking.

Answer 8

Bottled beer is prepared so that it is ready to drink straight from the bottle.
Draft beer is flat and given Nitrogen or Co2 to give it it's head.

A true beer is hand pumped. Search one out at a local pub. You won't be sorry.

Answer 9

Draft beer is fresher most of the time, but not always.

Answer 10

Draft beer is fresher and more frothy.