Why is Guinness Draught so much cheaper in bottles than cans ?

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moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Anubis
because it sucks in the bottles

mosh: i agree ive had it over there its great

many places in the US serve it on Tap and its damn good
there are places here that serve it imported and on tap. that's good Guinness.

 

AsianriceX

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Originally posted by: deftron
I pour both into pint glasses.

Say what????

You're supposed to drink Guinness Draught straight from the bottle!

Draught from the can is the one you're supposed to pour into a pint glass.
 

RaynorWolfcastle

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I like it on tap occasionally but I don't usually drink it because it's horribly overpriced because of the halo that surrounds it IMHO. There are plenty of great microbrewed stouts that are cheaper and just as good.
 

smc13

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every year a group of friends and I head up to a cabin and every year I bring up a couple of cases of good beer (not bud or busch - good beer). A couple of years ago I brought up a case of guinness draught cans and a case of bottles. 10 of us thought the cans were better then the bottles (including me) and one of us thought the bottles were better (obviously a bud drinker). The cans just taste better, though you don't drink the beer in the can, you pour it into a mug.
 

deftron

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Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Originally posted by: deftron
I pour both into pint glasses.

Say what????

You're supposed to drink Guinness Draught straight from the bottle!

Draught from the can is the one you're supposed to pour into a pint glass.

You can drink it from the bottle ... but you don't have to.

It still tastes better poured into a glass

 

MrBond

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Guiness in Ireland is only like 3% ABV because of how much tax is on alcohol there. The guiness for export is higher in alcohol, although they do import some of the low ABV kind because some people like it better.

Maybe that's the difference.
 

AntisociaL

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Just picked up and tried the 4 pack cans for the first time tonight.It pretty tasty but it just seems like it is missing something in flavor.