Big weekend for canned beers
There are going to be a lot of get-togethers at the swimming pool this weekend and during the rest of the summer. Pool parties call for canned beer.
Bottles and any other glass containers are banned at most pools and other spots where folks run around in their bare feet.
It used to be that the selection of canned beers was pretty dismal. But now with the Oskar Blues lineup of canned beers from Colorado in this market , you can have your canned beer and quality, too.
My favorite is their Dale's Pale Ale at 6.5 percent ABV. Their other canned beers, Gordon at 8.7 percent, the Old Chub at 8% and Ten Fidy at 10 percent, are too a bit much for me when I am wearing a swimming suit and am reminded of my ever-expanding middle.
From time to time, I have seen Pilsner Urquell in cans as well.
Guinness and other stouts come in cans, but they don't strike me as pool beers.
Stephen Beaumont named his top 5 canned beers on Epicurious. They are Fuller's London Pride, Sly Fox Pikeland Pils, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Gordon and New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale. Of that group, only the pils strikes me as beer to drink in your swimming suit. Drinking a Fat Tire would encourage too many unpleasant references to the waist line.
What is your favorite canned beer?
What is your strategy for carting beverages into a glass-free setting?
I pour wine, for my wife, into empty club soda bottles, and cart them to the pool.
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Comments
My fave canned beer is just about anything from Oskar Blues. Their "Ten Fidy" Imperial Stout is amazing. But for summer, gotta go with their "Dale's Pale Ale". Awesome beer.
I recently noticed Brooklyn Brewing has shipped mixed it up and started also shipping in cans. Those guys make some quality beer as well.
Posted by: Brad | July 3, 2009 9:00 AM
I am a fan of the 21st Amendment beers Come Hell or High Watermelon and Brew Free or Die IPA, they aren't in Maryland but are on either side of you on the coast.
Posted by: Thomas | July 3, 2009 10:23 AM
Dale's and the Pikeland Pils are great choices, but so are the new-to-the-local-market beers from Butternuts: Pork Slap Pale, Moo Thunder Stout, Snapperhead IPA, and the Heinnieweiss all have a time and place in the outdoors.
Posted by: Chris K | July 3, 2009 7:30 PM
I like all the stuff from Oskar Blues especially Gordon.
Found Caldera in cans and they are delicious and great to sneak into the pool or anywhere beer is forbidden. Definitely try the Ashland Amber and Pale Ale.
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Posted by: CDoubleIPA | July 4, 2009 2:17 PM
Oskar Blues also has "Momma's Little Yella Pils" which is an ok Pilsner, but good enough for a summer day,
Posted by: Jason | July 6, 2009 11:16 AM