[corporateslave5]

There’s a trick to #9. It is 10x better freshly brewed! I went to the magic hat brewery and had #9 there. The taste was so much better, you could tell it was due to the freshness. It ruined the beer for me though, because now I know what I’m buying off the shelf is a bit old.

[seibelj]

Most beers are better at the brewery IMO, and most beers are better on draft. One beer I especially like in a can is Boddingtons because of the CO2 capsule that makes its pour quite similar to a draft beer. I think a few other beers have the same innovation. I believe I’m the only person at my local package store who buys it, as they order very little and I always seem to buy the last couple 4-packs.

[corporateslave5]

Right, but I think because it’s an apricot beer, the freshness has more of an impact on taste than other beers. Just speculating

[Obi_Juan_Kenobi]

Fruit ages pretty well in general, but I'd strongly suspect that Magic Hat had DO levels back then that would horrify the industry today.