Yes We Can, I Know We Can Can - With Apologies to Allen Toussaint I love canned beer.  I think all beer should be canned.  Canned beer is easier on the environment, protects beer from light degradation and is easier to carry home while riding a bike.  But the real reason I love canned beer?  Shotgun! Nothing says I appreciate the intricacies of the relationship between the hops, malt and yeast in a fine craft brew like sucking it down in two seconds.  Caldera Brewing Company’s IPA washes over your palate with notes of citrus and pine complimented by only a subtle sweet malt.  Lacing?  Who cares? It is all on the inside of my throat!  Nose?  I smelled it when I belched afterwards, smelled kind of like the peppers on the sandwich I ate for lunch.  I am sure it had a lovely amber color but the can has to be much prettier. But seriously, Caldera makes some fantastic beers and their IPA is a fine example how an IPA does not have be a contest to see how many IBU’s a person can handle.  Also, shotgunning beer is stupid.  Cans really are great.  Both guns and people kill people.  Even shotguns.  Allen Toussaint?  Well, yes we can, I know we can can.

Yes We Can, I Know We Can Can - With Apologies to Allen Toussaint

I love canned beer.  I think all beer should be canned.  Canned beer is easier on the environment, protects beer from light degradation and is easier to carry home while riding a bike.  But the real reason I love canned beer?  Shotgun!

Nothing says I appreciate the intricacies of the relationship between the hops, malt and yeast in a fine craft brew like sucking it down in two seconds.  Caldera Brewing Company’s IPA washes over your palate with notes of citrus and pine complimented by only a subtle sweet malt.  Lacing?  Who cares? It is all on the inside of my throat!  Nose?  I smelled it when I belched afterwards, smelled kind of like the peppers on the sandwich I ate for lunch.  I am sure it had a lovely amber color but the can has to be much prettier.

But seriously, Caldera makes some fantastic beers and their IPA is a fine example how an IPA does not have be a contest to see how many IBU’s a person can handle.  Also, shotgunning beer is stupid.  Cans really are great.  Both guns and people kill people.  Even shotguns.  Allen Toussaint?  Well, yes we can, I know we can can.