Aluminium Beer Bottle

[fifteenbeerslater]

I just received a delivery from the States.
In the USA they now have aluminium bottles complete with crown seals. The fight between Glass & Aluminium is ripe. The new Aluminium bottle has some advantages over Glass-full surface advertising, quick chill, easy recycle etc. I certainly still prefer the taste from a glass bottle. I believe it will still be a couple of years before we see them on the shelves over here. I have a few extra ones if any one is interested for their collections or for a talking point. PM me if interested.
Cheers 15BL :beer:

 

[Jye]

15BL, they have been around for a while now, here and here. I think someone suggested they would make great tap handles if you turn them upside down.

 

[doglet]

I bought an aluminium bottle at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam. It's very light and which was good as I carried it for a couple of weeks in my backpack to bring it home.

 

[bugwan]

15BL, they look like Rexona deodorant cans...!

Then again, they're Bud Light (from what I can see), so the actual contents are probably fit for smearing on your armpit too.

 

[PostModern]

They'd be more acceptable to your average punter than PET. Are Al containers allowed at sporting events, tho?

 

[danbeer]

They'd be more acceptable to your average punter than PET. Are Al containers allowed at sporting events, tho?

Hmmm... <_<

But isn't an Aluminium bottle a lot like an, ummm.... Aluminium can? :blink:

Other than the different shape for the 'cool' crowd, I'm not sure I see an advantage.

 

[GRAHAM BUNTON]

Hmmm... <_<

But isn't an Aluminium bottle a lot like an, ummm.... Aluminium can? :blink:

Other than the different shape for the 'cool' crowd, I'm not sure I see an advantage.

Surely the advantage is that you need a specific sealing machine for cans, with an ali bottle there is just a screw top.

 

[Ballaratguy]

A few years ago on a Virgin flight from WA I bought a “stubby” of crown lager which was in an aluminium bottle

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Or the cardboard bottle.