Beer in plastic? Epic Fail.
June 11th, 2009
Miller Canada with help from Molson has released Miller Genuine Draught in clear plastic bottles.
Um… What?
This flexible packaging option offers many benefits over traditional glass and cans, including quick chilling, retaining cold longer than glass and cans, being re-sealable and virtually unbreakable.
MGD already comes in cans which takes away all of the benefits listed above minus the re-sealable aspect. This is simply a gimmick on the part of the manufacturer to try to sell more bland MGD.
The clear plastic bottle isn’t even better for the environment seeing as how Ontario has the best recycling program in the world set up just for beer bottles!
Plastic bottles allow more light exposure to the beer than glass causing skunky tastes (although any taste WOULD be an improvement in MGD). They also cause beer to flatten a lot quicker (anyone who has tried to disguise beer in a gingerale bottle will notice this). I fully understand a quicker chill time with plastic over glass but I can’t see a beer staying colder in a plastic bottle. There’s just less insulation there.
