Delta & My Beloved Woodford Reserve!
 

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Disgusting swill.

I don't care what kind of bottle it comes from as long as it's served in a glass instead of a plastic cup. I will usually order something else as my PDB just to avoid drinking Woodford from the plastic cup. I really only notice the plastic bottle in coach when they give me the bottle. Once I ordered two Woodfords, and the FA gave me one plastic and one glass. A couple weeks later I saw a post of someone with the same experience claiming the plastic bottle had less liquor. Both were clearly labeled as 50 mL.

The plastic bottle does seem smaller, even though it isn't, because of how much thicker the glass is. I also think it's a little bit taller. But as matt noted, both are 50ml.

I don't care what it comes in or what it's served in. As long as it's served.

The new plastic ones weigh 2oz+ less per bottle btw!

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Shorter than the glass ones but same 50ml. I did a test pour into a shot glass the plastic one held just a teeny tiny bit more in my test.

There's only one word I want associated with my Woodford and that's "complimentary".

Found this bit about how to make an Old Fashioned on Delta --

http://www.backdownsouth.com/2013/10...old-fashioned/

I think I'd skip the "muddling" bit and just mix the sugar and water with the straw to make a simple syrup (as you really don't want sugar crystals in your Old Fashioned).

I would agree but enjoy it so much I also pay for it at my local liquor store. ;)

You need more Skybonus points. You can take a bunch home that way :D

It isn't your imagination. Both plastic and aluminum leach small amounts of chemicals into the liquid they are holding and somewhat alter the taste. Glass is still the best material for containing and preserving liquids which is why wine and good liqueurs are still packaged in glass. It's just too expensive (and too breakable) to transport as cost-effectively as plastic or aluminum so for uses like the plane or bulk food service you will get plastic.

[sacrilege] Buffalo Trace is a much smoother sipping whiskey... nice hints of vanilla from the oak. [/sacrilege]

I was a bit disconcerted when I saw my first plastic bottle of Woodford. It did look like they had downsized ("enhanced") the serving. But 50 ml is still 50 ml.

I have never heard of that one -thanks for the heads up I will give it a try. :)^

There's a whole network of laws out there involving correct weights and measures, and its not going to be work the paperwork and fines to claim 50mL and have bottles that only pour 45mL.

But yeah, there's often a subtle taste difference between beverages from and in glass compared to beverages from and served in aluminum or plastic. A lot of people can also taste the difference between soda from a glass bottle, and soda from lesser materials.

Just to be clear, aluminum cans are lined with a polymer coating, so you would be tasting the polymer not the aluminum. Also, most taste tests I've seen usually end up with only about 50% of blind tasters being able to tell a canned beer from a bottled beer, which obviously means most people can't actually tell the difference. Glass also allows light to penetrate, which can damage liquids, and closure systems for glass are also less airtight than for cans. Now, plastic is problematic because the plastic itself isn't airtight and you can have the same problems with light and the closures as glass, but I would argue that cans are probably the best enclosure system for liquids that is available.