Beer in cans is substandard no matter how much you pay for it or how niche it is.
S’funny how individual experiences of the same things can differ so much, and that’s OK. I agree that draught beer in a nice pub is always preferable but sometimes that’s not an option.
Cans V bottles. Some bottle conditioned bitters can be OK but IPAs, stronger or very hoppy ones in particular always taste better in cans than bottles imo. Totally disagree that all cans are “substandard”. There are some superb offerings from small brewers that you can only sample that way if you don’t live near the brewery or tap house.
Proper Job in bottles.
Proper Job is a good example of an IPA that doesn’t taste great in a bottle IME. It’s a very enjoyable beer on draught but I think there are far superior canned IPAs than bottled PJ.
Each to their own though, no rights or wrongs in this, just personal taste 🙂