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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #60 on: March 22, 2012, 06:07:00 am »
Something I LOVE about cans - when travelling, I can pack far more cans into my checked baggage because there is much less concern about them breaking (and they can be packed right next to each other). Once I checked an entire 18count case of 12oz cans in the bag I normally use as a carry-on. With bottles I might trust 4 in there.
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #61 on: March 22, 2012, 05:35:10 pm »
I favor canned beer for most of the reasons stated above.  I typically pour it into a glass to drink, but don't feel absolutely compelled to do so.  Plus cans are lighter when I take out the recycling bin.


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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #62 on: March 22, 2012, 05:42:43 pm »
Plus cans are lighter when I take out the recycling bin.
...and quieter at 6 in the morning. 

They seem to make the guy in the pickup truck that goes through the trash pretty happy, too.

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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #63 on: March 22, 2012, 05:51:07 pm »
I'm sipping on a can of Torpedo as I write this.  I forgot one of the joys of drinking from the can... the opener tab keeps yanking out moustache hairs...  ow!   :o

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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #64 on: March 22, 2012, 05:54:47 pm »
I'm sipping on a can of Torpedo as I write this.  I forgot one of the joys of drinking from the can... the opener tab keeps yanking out moustache hairs...  ow!   :o

"Hey Jr.  Would you go on a secret mission and bring your ole man a glass for his beer please?"   ;)

Do you like it better in the can... :o

...or

do you prefer it in the glass. 

I like it in the glass. Much better aroma that way.
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #65 on: March 22, 2012, 05:56:57 pm »
If I can only get cans, it has to be poured into a glass. I hate licking aluminum.

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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #66 on: March 22, 2012, 05:59:19 pm »
A very famous saying here in Hawaii:

If can, can!
If no can, no can.
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #67 on: March 22, 2012, 06:01:22 pm »
A very famous saying here in Hawaii:

If can, can!
If no can, no can.

Words to live by. :)

I usually pour my beer into a glass, whether it comes in a bottle or a can.
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #68 on: March 22, 2012, 06:05:32 pm »
If I can only get cans, it has to be poured into a glass. I hate licking aluminum.

I have my 14 year old pour it into the beer bong. No touching aluminum for me, either.
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #69 on: March 22, 2012, 06:09:05 pm »
Da 9-year-old too busy wid da Luckys and Mad Dog yah?   ;)
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #70 on: March 22, 2012, 06:10:11 pm »
I see a trend here.  :-\  ;D
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #71 on: March 22, 2012, 06:44:24 pm »
Non-skunky Urquell :)
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Re: A new trend...?
« Reply #72 on: March 22, 2012, 09:02:47 pm »
I haven't shotgunned a beer in over a decade. May just have to try that with a torpedo for old time sakes.

But seriously, it was way nicer cleaning up empty Harpoon Summer cans after my cookouts last summer than bottles.
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