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Can or bottle

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  • 30-04-2007 5:12pm
    #1
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Some people swear that fizzy drinks taste better out of a can. The only drink where I think this is true is Lilt. Otherwise, I prefer bottles. Which is your preference, in general?

    Can or bottle? 63 votes

    Can
    0% 0 votes
    Bottle
    76% 48 votes
    Neither, I don't drink fizzy drinks
    23% 15 votes


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    #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Bottle here, I miss the glass ones that you could get so easily a few years ago though.


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    spidermonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭spidermonkey


    i dont really drink fizzy drinks, however if i had to choose it would be a bottle, for the simple reason that the cork on the bottle keeps the mouth of it clean where as a can could have all kinds of animals crawling around it and then you drink from it. not healthy


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    glass bottle>can>plastic bottle


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    #5
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,274 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Bottle - you don't have to drink it all in one go


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    #6
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    ^^ agreed


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    #7
    Kojak
    Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    zaph wrote:
    Bottle - you don't have to drink it all in one go

    That is the convenience of the bottle alright, but IMO the drink tatses better out of the can.


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    ballroom blitz
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭ballroom blitz


    rubadub wrote:
    glass bottle>can>plastic bottle

    Exactly but you can never get glass bottles anymore except in the pub.:(


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    p-nut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭p-nut


    ballroom blitz wrote:
    Exactly but you can never get glass bottles anymore except in the pub.:(
    Aye, and then they cost a fortune. I have to admit that im a can person aswel. Whatever the difference in chemicals in the container is, it makes such a difference:D


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    #10
    wyndham
    Registered Users Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭wyndham


    Cans are good, but to make it extra special, I try and get a flexi straw with it. Evokes a lot of memories of hoidays. Plus it won't stain the front of your teeth.


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    #11
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    *sigh*
    Supercan ftw.

    But, can has to do, since they brought out them ghastly plastic bottles.

    Remember the coke ones were green?
    WTF :confused:


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,256 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Can. For the simple reason that a drink that is in a can is 10 times colder than that which is in a bottle... I don't know why, but its true.. also there's too much in a bottle as opposed to a can..


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    I tend to buy bottles for the convenience but I prefer cans.


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    ciaran76
    Registered Users Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭ciaran76


    spidermonkey wrote:
    i dont really drink fizzy drinks, however if i had to choose it would be a bottle, for the simple reason that the cork on the bottle keeps the mouth of it clean where as a can could have all kinds of animals crawling around it and then you drink from it. not healthy


    But did you see where the caps of bottles where stored before they put them on a bottle???? I have and its not nice !!!! ;)


    A can always for me. Seems to be always colder.


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    dulpit wrote:
    Can. For the simple reason that a drink that is in a can is 10 times colder than that which is in a bottle... I don't know why, but its true.. also there's too much in a bottle as opposed to a can..

    Cans are made from thin walled aluminium. Thin wall absorbs and gives off heat/cold very readily. So if you have a can lying in a freezer or in a fridge the heat transfers very quickly to the contents. So cans will cool much faster, but also warm up quicker, but beer & coke is usually drank before they get a chance to.
    Exactly but you can never get glass bottles anymore except in the pub.
    I know it is disgraceful, especially in these days of recycling, it should be reusing not recycling. I always remember being in spain as a kid with litre glass contour bottles of coke, beads of humidity on the bottle, cold as ice lashing them down.

    Pubs are a fecking rip off, 2.80 for 200ml, 20times dearer than a supermarket, I am surprised people dont stash in softdrinks to pubs, more of a saving than stashing in vodka!


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    #16
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users Posts: 10,571 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    Can all the way. I must drink at least one can of coke a day, but if they've only bottles, I won't buy them.


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    #17
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    rubadub wrote:
    ballroom blitz wrote:
    Exactly but you can never get glass bottles anymore except in the pub.:(

    I know it is disgraceful, especially in these days of recycling, it should be reusing not recycling.

    But recylcing is easier - and these days you can recycle plastic too ;):D
    rubadub wrote:
    Pubs are a fecking rip off, 2.80 for 200ml, 20times dearer than a supermarket, I am surprised people dont stash in softdrinks to pubs, more of a saving than stashing in vodka!

    Definately agreed.


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    #18
    Kolodny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Kolodny


    Cans. Not as practical as bottles, but I think cans taste colder and fizzier.


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    #19
    DavyD_83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,991 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    Hardly ever buy cans, bottles r just better value. But its definitely true that cans taste better. Bring back the golden era of the SUPERCAN i say


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    #20
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Dentist gave me a big long spiel on how cans are bad for your teeth for some reason, and that if you are going to drink fizzy drinks, do it from a bottle. But i prefer cans, so that dentist can just suck it.


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    #21
    cee_jay
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,920 Mod ✭✭✭✭cee_jay


    Definitely cans - the drink is colder, and just tastes nicer!


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    #22
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    How about an aluminium bottle? :D :rolleyes:


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    #23
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    I don't know, I get a metallic taste from drinks in cans a lot. Ruins the whole experience!


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    #24
    s_carnage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,672 ✭✭✭s_carnage


    Has to be in a can. Those plastic bottles don't even come close!!


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    #25
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,256 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I've changed my mind. Now i want to drink from this baby right here... :D


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    #26
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    sdonn_1 wrote:
    How about an aluminium bottle? :D :rolleyes:
    http://www.danzka.com/

    great vodka, comes in aluminium bottle and gets absolutley freezing in no time at all. As I said before aluminium has great heat transfer effects on drinks.


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Tastes better from cans, more in a bottle though. :)


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    #28
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,274 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    dulpit wrote:
    I've changed my mind. Now i want to drink from this baby right here... :D

    It's pretty cool, but the downside is that there's Pepsi in it


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    #29
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Glass bottle and Can. Had a lovely cold can today with my chinese. Has to be done when eating takeaway.


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    #30
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Glass bottle is really good but you only get 250ml. :/


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    #31
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Tar.Aldarion wrote:
    Glass bottle is really good but you only get 250ml. :/
    most in pubs are 200ml or less, ridiculous price. 4 litres of pepsi in tescos is €1.57 at the moment, thats 8cent for 200ml, my local charges 35 times that.


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