Gin in plastic bottle versus gin in glass bottle?!
Answers: I just grabbed me a bottle of Gordon's London Dry Gin and its 200ml but I just noticed it is a plastic bottle. Being alcohol is so uhmm...shall we say extractive if that is a word, am I in danger of the gin over the weeks or months having leeched some nasties from the plastic bottle into itself? I don't wanna do it again but it's just a thought--should I throw away the rest of the gin because it may be contaminated? With petrochemical residue?
The plastic will not get you sick. The types of plastic used for drinks containers nowadays are remarkably different from years ago. They are sterile and contain an inner invisible lining that prevents any plastic-flavors from leeching into the liquid. Also, many of the petroleum-based chemicals used to make plastic no longer go into food-grade plastic containers, because of government health regulations.
As a standard rule, though, maybe a good gin that isn't offered in plastic is the best choice for the future. That goes for all booze, as well. The good stuff never comes in plastic...
Long story short: you'll be fine.
Cheers!
I don't know, but I don't think so. After all, why would that packaging be approved if it was unsafe?
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I figure a bottle bought right away and consumed right away should be safe. But I would not want to keep the stuff for a year and then drink it. Mind you, I am a purist. Let's face it: A galss bottle is classier.
Don't you have another glass booze bottle you could pour it into.
And 200ml? That's not much booze. Are you sure you don't mean 2 liters?