The Star: Scotch lovers to be offered their whisky in a can for $5

**robthehiker** · 9th January 12, 08:01 PM

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...in-a-can-for-5

January 09, 2012

Lesley Ciarula Taylor

Consumers who’d always wanted a two-four of whisky may be able to get their hands on a can soon, Scottish Spirits USA says.

Canada’s omnipotent liquor controls boards are “one of the things that we’re working on,” National Sales Director Bart Schroeder told the Star on Monday.

“It will be available very soon.”

The year-long delay? “Distribution stuff in the United States and Canada.”

Samples? “It’s not sold anywhere yet.”

In the meantime, the year-old Florida company with a Grand Cayman parent organization has been perfecting the “consumer request” of a resealable top on the cans.

Scottish Spirits intends to sell the $5 tins of 350 millilitre, three-year-old single grain Scotch, distilled and aged in Scotland, in six packs at first, although cases of 24 was the original plan.

**celt72** · 9th January 12, 08:11 PM

I don't know that I could ever bring myself to drink scotch out of a can!

**robthehiker** · 9th January 12, 08:55 PM

They're working on resealable cans? Where I come from they call those things "bottles".

**azwildcat96** · 9th January 12, 09:07 PM

Sounds like liquor in a plastic jug or wine in a box...not to sound like a snob, but no thanks...not even when I was an unemployed college student.

**Tobus** · 10th January 12, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by azwildcat96

Sounds like liquor in a plastic jug or wine in a box...not to sound like a snob, but no thanks...not even when I was an unemployed college student.

My sentiments exactly. I don't even drink beer or ale from cans. Whisky?! As a certain Sicilian might say... inconceivable!

**Panache** · 10th January 12, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by azwildcat96

Sounds like liquor in a plastic jug or wine in a box...not to sound like a snob, but no thanks...not even when I was an unemployed college student.

Though to be fair some winemakers are taking a serious look at the wine-in-box concept. The opaque bag prevents air from taking its toll on the wine which allows it to be enjoyed over several days. Boxes cut down on bottling cost and make the wine far easier to ship.

All in all pretty good things

In theory I could see whisky marketed in a box, it wouldn't have the same pana...err style

as a bottle. But it would preserve the flavor of the whisky longer.

That said the idea of whisky in a can is unappealing

Cheers

Jamie

(Who lives 2 hours away from Napa and Sonoma, not to mention all the Santa Cruz wineries that are just over the hill).

**Tobus** · 13th January 12, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Panache

Though to be fair some winemakers are taking a serious look at the wine-in-box concept. The opaque bag prevents air from taking its toll on the wine which allows it to be enjoyed over several days. Boxes cut down on bottling cost and make the wine far easier to ship.

All in all pretty good things

In theory I could see whisky marketed in a box, it wouldn't have the same pana...err style

as a bottle. But it would preserve the flavor of the whisky longer.

That said the idea of whisky in a can is unappealing

Cheers

Jamie

(Who lives 2 hours away from Napa and Sonoma, not to mention all the Santa Cruz wineries that are just over the hill).

Does the plastic not impart a difference in taste to the wine? I would think that any sort of flexible plastic would have that effect. Even if it's BPA-free, it's still a newly-produced product of petroleum, and will "outgas" for a while. Especially when in contact with alcohol. I'm asking out of curiosity, as I've never tasted wine from a plastic pouch.

The great thing about glass is that it's stable and inert. There are no chemicals seeping out of it, and no reaction with it.

**azwildcat96** · 13th January 12, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Tobus

Does the plastic not impart a difference in taste to the wine? I would think that any sort of flexible plastic would have that effect. Even if it's BPA-free, it's still a newly-produced product of petroleum, and will "outgas" for a while. Especially when in contact with alcohol. I'm asking out of curiosity, as I've never tasted wine from a plastic pouch.

The great thing about glass is that it's stable and inert. There are no chemicals seeping out of it, and no reaction with it.

Good point. I would have the same curiosity.

Similarly, some wineries are now using screw top caps, instead of corks. The claim is that there is less of a risk of air getting into the bottle and "corking" a good wine. I don't know...to me, the charm of a real cork out-weighs the science of a screw cap. Screw caps have their place on Boones Farm (coincidentally a wine from apple juice, not grapes).