The End Of The Glass Bottle?

Are we looking at the end of the glass bottle for our drinks?

The government are charging a re-cycling fee at source. In other words, the producer is having to pay for your bottle to be re-cycled. That might only be 15p but it adds up massively. There are schemes being implemented like refundable deposits to the end user but many worry that it won't incentivise.

I have to say, in our bar, it breaks my heart to throw away some of the wonderful bottle designs. But, they soon mount up and I can't keep them forever, even with giving them away they still mount up and end up in the recycling.

Producers are now looking at alternatives like aluminium, plastic and cardboard.

We could be welcoming back bag-in-the-box wine! This time it will be premium wines leading the way.

Check out these products and let us know what you think.

Dr Eamers Gin - get a cool bottle while you can.

Tablas Creek Vineyard, Australia, bringing back bag-in-the-box wine. Could even premium wines be available like this?

 

Shropton Gin - cardboard 3L. Why settle for just 700ml when you can fill 3-litres?

Rock Rose Gin re-fill pouches are already used by many distilleries. But will even these plastic options be outlawed?

Guerrilla Chicken, "All of our spirits come in a reusable flasks. Crafted for sustainability and designed to preserve the essence of exceptional spirits, sip by sip."

 

Penrhos Gin in aluminium flask, "In 2023 after over a year of searching, we became the first distillery to move our bottles from traditional glass to 100% recycled aluminium. This change helped to reduce our packaging’s carbon footprint by a huge 91% which is something we are incredibly proud of.

 

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