Taste of soda from aluminum can vs plastic bottle

[InfmousCornholio]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
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Fiji is filtered in volcanic rock, natural electrolytes.

 

[Smokescreen]

I am surprised that you can differentiate between plastic or aluminum and these other special ingredients:

phosphoric acid
caramel color
citric acid
caffeine
natural flavors
high fructose corn syrup

 

[otis24]

Cans are much better than plastic. But glass is definitely the best. For my birthday, my wife found me a bottle of Big Red in a glass bottle. She knows how much I love Big Red. And I always talked about how much better it was in a bottle. Anyone else remember Big Red? Seldom see it around this area.

 

[Eddie]

I only drink Classic Coke and Orange Crush in glass. Coke makers say formulation is the same for glass, plastic and Aluminum but, I find Glass is the best taste. Ed

 

[otis24]

I've recently stopped drinking soda. A good cold Big Red in a glass bottle might just be too much temptation though!

 

[aquariuscsm]

It also seems colder when it's in glass too.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: otis24
I've recently stopped drinking soda. A good cold Big Red in a glass bottle might just be too much temptation though!


I've always wondered,what exactly is Big Red? Is it bubblegum,strawberry?

 

[Alfred_B]

Originally Posted By: Smokescreen
I am surprised that you can differentiate between plastic or aluminum and these other special ingredients:

phosphoric acid
caramel color
citric acid
caffeine
natural flavors
high fructose corn syrup


Takes special commitment.

 

[Chris Meutsch]

Originally Posted By: InfmousCornholio
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
The BEST was when they were still in glass bottles and made with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup garbage. That's how they were when I was a kid. You can still get them made that way aka Mexican sodas. I hardly ever drink soft drinks,but if I need a sugar fix,they're really good!

Cans and plastic,yuck!


Man, you must be old as [censored].

When did soda ever come in glass bottles?


Now to really blow your mind.....beverage distribution stores (in Buffalo) used to make their own pop and put them in small glass bottles. All kinds of flavors growing up as a kid. I'm only 37!

 

[CT8]

From 1979 to 1982 I used to work on a casual basis for Coca Cola USA and would haul tankers of Concentrate [Coca cola, root beer,Fanta flavors] From San Leandro to a Salt Cake City bottling company and sometimes local. Any way there was a hazardous material document in the glove compartment. Phosphoric acid is the corrosive added. The syrups would smell wonderful when emptying the tank. Sodas are so unhealthy these days with all the chemicals and high fructose corn syrup. I miss that job.

 

[BRZED]

Drinks in cans don't taste of aluminum, but plastic. All aluminum cans are coated with plastic on the inside. I have no idea if cans use NPA free coatings or not. My C\amelbak's n;adder is made from BPA free plastic. Glass is inert and imparts no flavor or chemicals. You want to taste aluminum? Drink water out of an army canteen.

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
Originally Posted By: Smokescreen
I am surprised that you can differentiate between plastic or aluminum and these other special ingredients:

phosphoric acid
caramel color
citric acid
caffeine
natural flavors
high fructose corn syrup


Takes special commitment.

Ain't nobody can tell the difference between glass, plastic, or aluminum packaging of the same product.

 

[skyactiv]

I think there is no difference between between cans or bottles if you pour the soda in a glass filled with ice. Putting your tongue on the plastic bottle while drinking kinda changes the flavor of the soda. Aluminum is better when you French the can.

On a side note, I much prefer Diet Coke to Coca Cola.
Diet Coke uses the infamous New Coke formula with an artificial sweetener.
If I wanna drink regular soda, I prefer Pepsi over barf Coca Cola Classic.
Diet Coke is my favorite soda.

 

[HerrStig]

Bottle is better, although for beer it is said that the cans keep damaging sunlight out.

 

[BRZED]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Bottle is better, although for beer it is said that the cans keep damaging sunlight out.


If the beer in the bottle degrades from exposure to light, you need to drink faster.

 

[javacontour]

How much sunlight does it see going from the factory to the truck, from the truck to distributor, from the distributor to another truck, from the truck to the store, from the store to your car, and from your car to the fridge?

It probably sees more light during the 30-60 minutes it takes you to drink it than in all the rest of it's life.

But then, we obsess about oil, so it's natural some obsess about the amount of sunlight their beer sees

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Bottle is better, although for beer it is said that the cans keep damaging sunlight out.

 

[cashmoney]

People still drink soda? That stuff is absolute [censored].

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: javacontour
How much sunlight does it see going from the factory to the truck, from the truck to distributor, from the distributor to another truck, from the truck to the store, from the store to your car, and from your car to the fridge?

It probably sees more light during the 30-60 minutes it takes you to drink it than in all the rest of it's life.

But then, we obsess about oil, so it's natural some obsess about the amount of sunlight their beer sees

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Bottle is better, although for beer it is said that the cans keep damaging sunlight out.
Beer sees plenty of light in the store. Not that it matters if you're drinking Clydesdale urine. For high quality beer you want it at it's best.

What are the beer bottle's advantages? Besides being heavier, bulkier, and harder to recycle which I don't see as advantages.

 

[eljefino]

When I was in college not terribly long ago a person could walk into a gas station/ quik-e-mart. They had Old Milwaukee long-necks, 24 for $5.99, or $6.99 on Fridays and Saturdays. Paid to plan ahead.

These came in a sturdy cardboard crate, and said crate had a 30 cent deposit. Bottles a nickel. Said crates made wonderful dorm furniture.

Bottles obviously got reused, as they had wear marks around the top and bottom.

Joe Bob Briggs did ads on TV, where he proclaimed, heck, if it was a special occasion, drink two!

Now it seems most bottles get smashed after one use, possibly recycled. Not sure they can sell them for anywhere near a quarter, doing that.

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: Chris Meutsch


Now to really blow your mind.....beverage distribution stores (in Buffalo) used to make their own pop and put them in small glass bottles. All kinds of flavors growing up as a kid. I'm only 37!


We have one of those here now that has been around for a long time that is going strong. Only a few miles from where I live in the next town over. It is called Connor Bottling Works and they call their drinks Squamscot Old Fashioned Beverages. They make all different flavors of soda plus a fruit punch and it is sold in glass bottles. Very popular locally.