Just some food for thought

[CarolinaShiner]

I've been reading posts religiously for the last few weeks. Usually a few hours a day atleast. 1 thing that is definately agreed upon is that storing alcohol in plastic is bad.. right? I've read many posts about it here and I agree with this too, but my question is why do commercial distilleries do this? Mostly all pint bottles at the liquor store are plastic as well as some fifth bottles. I'm not disputing that plastic is bad for storage, but why are the people that should be more regulated (legal distilleries) still doing this?

[rad14701]

The lower proof spirits aren't as dangerous and the industry has thrown caution to the wind in favor of profit margin... It's all about keeping the bean counters in the accounting department happy... They could give a rats ass about the end consumers just as long as they buy the product... We strive to have higher standards than the majority of commercial guys...

[moosemilk]

Show me a good top shelf bourbon in a plastic bottle and screw on cap no cork. The ones that care about their product do it from start to finish.

[CarolinaShiner]

Makes good sense Rad. Idk about those top shelf bourbons Moose. If I buy from the store its usually good ole Jim Beam. Maybe I just don't have a very discernable pallet as far as liquor goes but I have always been a fan of Jim. Thats actually what sparked my question.. Jim Beam pints in the plastic with screw on lids

[still_stirrin]

Jim Beam is more of a consumer's whiskey. Makers Mark will always be in glass, although their pints and 1/2 pints have plastic caps in lieu of corks. Plastic just doesn't cut it for my whiskey tho.

Consumer vodkas are very often in plastic for the pints and 1/2 pints. But Everclear is always in glass even in pints and 1/2 pints.
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[Hound Dog]

But Everclear is always in glass even in pints and 1/2 pints.
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Not according to the Luxco website (makers of Everclear, Pearl vodka, Arrow liquors and many other brands). They put a variety of sizes of 190 proof Everclear in PET bottles. If you can get the link to work, you might have to use the drop down to get to Everclear.

https://www.luxco.com/trade/product-spe ... =EVERCLEAR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[Gleedaniel13]

I've been reading posts religiously for the last few weeks. Usually a few hours a day atleast. 1 thing that is definately agreed upon is that storing alcohol in plastic is bad.. right? I've read many posts about it here and I agree with this too, but my question is why do commercial distilleries do this? Mostly all pint bottles at the liquor store are plastic as well as some fifth bottles. I'm not disputing that plastic is bad for storage, but why are the people that should be more regulated (legal distilleries) still doing this?

I agree with this. Storing at plastics is not bad but using it as a storage for alcohol is not appropriate as the chemical content may be affected by the result of chemical reaction.

[DAD300]

First, I agree the BIG BOYS don't care about consumers.

Currently companies produces high-barrier PET bottles, with technology that deposits a layer of thin carbon film on the inside of the bottle,... Companies that sell bottles to the spirits industry, sure do show plastic bottles with carbon coatings on the interior and tout their safety. And admit the lack of sales.

But second the word "plastic" is really a generic label these days. There are Plastic appearing bottles that can safely contain Ethanol.

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 7&start=15

The biggest problem for us is...if I show you a dozen bottles...which is safe and which are not? Even If I say these are safe, for how long? Do plastic bottles suggest craft product? Does the fact that Everclear uses plastic bottles make you want to associate with them?

[moosemilk]

There was other talk of this in another thread somewhere. I do remember a very valid point. Pick up a plastic bottle of water. Notice an expiry date. Water doesn't expire. But chemicals from the plastic leach over time, thus the expiry date. That's water. Think what alcohol would do.