Aluminum bottles?

[Fly320s]

What is with all of the new aluminum bottles?

I've seen Coke products in new aluminum bottles that are smaller than the 20oz plastic bottle. I just saw a commercial for Miller Lite that advertised the new bottle.

What is so special about the new bottle?

[ramis]

Cheaper then glass?

[lupinus]

cheaper then glass perhaps? At least in the beers case.

I have a hard time believing Aluminum "bottles" are cheaper to make then plastic so no idea of the upside there.

[Jamisjockey]

Cheaper than glass
Also, has a bottle look for sales in places where glass is verboten, like amusement parks and festivals.
The swill that comes from them still tastes like yak urine, though.

[AJ Dual]

It also conducts heat better, they cool as fast as cans when on ice, but have the bottle look and feel.

[Chuck Dye]

...tastes like yak urine, though.

The Army kid in Viet Nam (where I heard the tale, I am sure there are analogs going back to the Spartans or farther ), writing home, complained about the beer tasting like horse piss.  Mom, or Dad, wrote back asking how the kid would know.  The kid responded "Oh, that's what the Marines say.  They'll drink anything!"

Now I have a more recent source and for a more exotic critter, too!

(Dons Nomex, opens another Hop Stoopid)

[GigaBuist]

I have a hard time believing Aluminum "bottles" are cheaper to make then plastic so no idea of the upside there.

It might be related up-tick in people concerned about drinking from plastic bottles.  *shrug*

[Fly320s]

Is aluminum cheaper or easier or better to recycle than plastic? 

[Jamisjockey]

The Army kid in Viet Nam (where I heard the tale, I am sure there are analogs going back to the Spartans or farther ), writing home, complained about the beer tasting like horse piss.  Mom, or Dad, wrote back asking how the kid would know.  The kid responded "Oh, that's what the Marines say.  They'll drink anything!"

Now I have a more recent source and for a more exotic critter, too!

(Dons Nomex, opens another Hop Stoopid)

What was that, sailor?
 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

It also conducts heat better, they cool as fast as cans when on ice, but have the bottle look and feel.

That works the other way, too.  They warm up just as fast as cans, which is faster than glass.

[HankB]

The swill that comes from them still tastes like yak urine, though.

You've tasted yak urine? Ewwwww . . .

[Jamisjockey]

Didn't like your new avatar?
 

[w turner]

Might also be a side benefit if being cheaper to transport.  Those aluminum bottlecans are way lighter than glass.

[De Selby]

It also probably protects the beer - it's notoriously difficult to use plastic with beer and wine because they spoil easily when exposed to light through plastic. 

I can imagine shipping and storing in aluminum is much easier.

[Antibubba]

They haven't created anything new--the aluminum bottles resemble the ones that a lot of energy drinks use.  So it could be trendy, or it could be so that when your 21 y.os start to drink they can transition to something familiar.

[Nitrogen]

Plastic also has BPA in it which will turn you and your children into squid headed mutants.

soon-to-be-ex wife always claimed liquids tasted funny out of plastic bottles, so she bought a lot of the aluminum ones.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

soon-to-be-ex wife always claimed liquids tasted funny out of plastic bottles, so she bought a lot of the aluminum ones.

Have noticed this. Most noticeable in the 1-gallon water jugs.

[Viking]

Plastic also has BPA in it which will turn you and your children into squid headed mutants.

soon-to-be-ex wife always claimed liquids tasted funny out of plastic bottles, so she bought a lot of the aluminum ones.

Well, it does. I buy my coke in cans rather than plastic bottles. Tastes so much better.