Your linked article assumes that the aluminum is already recycled. It doesn't say anything about the recycling process. My argument was:

And the argument that aluminum recycles better than glass is pure bullshit.

Your counterargument was "it depends" and then you linked to an article that says, effectively, glass isn't NECESSARILY the winner. The "if" you're attributing to me isn't mine, it's the article's: my position (glass is better than aluminum) is challenged theoretically by your article, but practically let stand. It also says

The average beer can contains 40 percent recycled aluminum, while American beer bottles are typically composed of 20 percent to 30 percent recycled glass

while newer sources call those statistics into question. So... that "if" you're trying to hang on me? The "if" I used - "if they were refillable" - is above an assortment of growlers, the hipster refillable beer container of choice around here. Meanwhile,

If we want to focus on recycling and long shipment times are the norm, maybe aluminum is better.

...we're discussing a company that insists on buying its beer cans from Japan. By the way:

The first thing that got me thinking was the often made argument that it would be more environmentally friendly to buy a used Hummer and drive it to death than buy a brand new Prius.

It's more environmentally friendly to walk. "should I buy a new thing or a used thing" - well duh, buy the used thing. The question isn't new Prius or used Hummer, the question is new Prius or NEW Hummer.