Editing Draught beer (section)

== Canned and bottled "draught" ==

The words "draft" and "draught" have been used as marketing terms to describe [[aluminum can|canned]] or [[bottle]]d beers, implying that they taste and appear like beers from a cask or keg. Commercial brewers use this as a marketing tool although it is incorrect to call any beer not drawn from a cask or keg "draught". Two examples are [[Miller Genuine Draft]], a [[pale lager]] which is produced using a cold filtering system, and [[Guinness]] stout in patented "Draught-flow" cans and bottles. Guinness is an example of beers that use a nitrogen [[Widget (beer)|widget]] to create a smooth beer with a dense [[Beer head|head]]. Guinness has recently replaced the widget system from their bottled "draught" beer with a coating of cellulose fibres on the inside of the bottle. Statements indicate a new development in bottling technology that enables the mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide to be present in the beer without using a widget, making it according to Guinness "more drinkable" from the bottle.

In [[East Asia]]n countries, such as [[China]] and [[Japan]], the term "draft beer" ({{cjkv|c=生啤酒|j=生ビール}}) applied to canned or bottled beer indicates that the beer is not pasteurised (though it may be filtered), giving it a fresher taste but shorter shelf-life than conventional packaged beers.