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You know how some beer comes in bottles covered with fancy gold- or silver-colored foil? This foil gives the bottle a felicitous look making it more compelling to buy.
Alas, quite often it is hard to completely remove the foil from the mouth-contact area to prevent little pieces of foil from entering
the beerstream.
So, once the initial "foiled" offering worked and you bought the beer and saw it was good, I think the duller looking, foilless packaging should be available for those who already know beer is good and don't want to struggle with the stupid foil. Typography on the boxes, labels could also be less bright (and cheaper!), offsetting the manufacturers increased logistics costs.
Foil-avoidance technology
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/110037
Instructions for use available on request. [MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 26 2007]
(?) or try this
http://www.walmart....?product_id=4631183
walking-friendly apparatus [pigtails_and_ponies, Mar 26 2007]
[link]
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We have this new device over here that
gets around this problem. I'll see if I can
Google it and link. |
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Kegs, glasses are marvelous inventions, no doubt, but I like to _walk_ to get some beer, and I'm no Hercules.
Besides, drinking beer outside the house makes glasses impractical (I hate flies/sand/leaves in my beer!) |
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I suppose you could decant it into a clean and empty foil-less bottle. |
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Decanting beer into another bottle isn't quite an option either, because I normally need more than one (bottle). |
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If they do sell cold and noncold wine and sodas, why not defoiled beer? |
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//because I normally need more than one (bottle)// But by that time, your bottle will be empty. |
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(not that I mean to detract from the idea, just giving constructive advice to be used until such marvels as high-quality foil-less beers are widely available) |
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Another solution: easily removed foil. Why must it be glued to the bottle? It's not as if it's performing any function that requires strength. |
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But wait, there's more: Flashpaper coverings. Perhaps not quite as decorative as metal foils, but my guess is the act of explosive removal of packaging will become attractive itself. (see my Flash Paper Dress idea if you don't know what flash paper is) |
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>But by that time, your bottle will be empty |
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Yes, and I'd like to start another one right away :) |
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Easily/entertainingly removable covers are nice, but may increase costs, which greedy beer makers wouldn't like. |
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