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Multilayer barrier pouches are entering food and beverage markets that were
never before penetrated. Spirits are the latest application, specifically
ShotPak, a 50 ml flask-shaped pouch filled with ready-to-drink cocktails
that can go where glass containers can't. Beverage Pouch Group (BPG) LLC,
Sarasota, FL, markets the pouches in boxed multipacks of six and 12 pouches,
and the product is racking up sales with distributors in nearly a dozen
states.
"There's lots of activity around our new pouch package. Busy, on-the-go
consumers are always asking for something new, and our natural
ready-to-drink pouches stand out on the store shelves," says R. Charles
Murray, Beverage Pouch Group CEO. "Until now we have not really ventured
outside of Florida on the East Coast, but we have seen a lot of national
interest, which has been great."

The three brand categories include: ShotPak ready-to-drink cocktails;
Shotpak and California Blue Premiums; and STR8UP spirits. Mixed-drink
flavors include everything from popular favorites such as mojitos,
cosmopolitans, martinis and pina coladas to kamikazes, lemon drops and sour
apple flavors, with color-coordinated graphics.

BPG also markets wine, water and beer in multilayer pouches under the
VinoPaq, BevPaq, and BeerPaq brands.

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:32:06 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

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Even m,ore versatile: Porta Shots

<http://www.alibaba.com/product/za106807584-107569024-0/Porta_Shots_alcohol.html>

I've seen them at several liquor stores, but I have no use for them
so I haven't tried them.

-sw

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.packagingdigest.com/artic...g_You_bet_.php
>
> Multilayer barrier pouches are entering food and beverage markets that
> were never before penetrated. Spirits are the latest application,
> specifically ShotPak, a 50 ml flask-shaped pouch filled with
> ready-to-drink cocktails that can go where glass containers can't.
> Beverage Pouch Group (BPG) LLC, Sarasota, FL, markets the pouches in boxed
> multipacks of six and 12 pouches, and the product is racking up sales with
> distributors in nearly a dozen states.
> "There's lots of activity around our new pouch package. Busy, on-the-go
> consumers are always asking for something new, and our natural
> ready-to-drink pouches stand out on the store shelves," says R. Charles
> Murray, Beverage Pouch Group CEO. "Until now we have not really ventured
> outside of Florida on the East Coast, but we have seen a lot of national
> interest, which has been great."
>
> The three brand categories include: ShotPak ready-to-drink cocktails;
> Shotpak and California Blue Premiums; and STR8UP spirits. Mixed-drink
> flavors include everything from popular favorites such as mojitos,
> cosmopolitans, martinis and pina coladas to kamikazes, lemon drops and
> sour apple flavors, with color-coordinated graphics.
>
> BPG also markets wine, water and beer in multilayer pouches under the
> VinoPaq, BevPaq, and BeerPaq brands.
>
>

great...another asian packaging company.

On 2010-03-09, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> Multilayer barrier pouches are entering food and beverage markets that were
> never before penetrated.

While not new, the applications are. Been used for wine and soda pop
syrup fer ages. Frankly, I'm glad to see more widespread use. Glass
has been a hazard plaguing us for far too long. I can still vividly
see that happy picnicing family enjoying the river on a hot Summer day
and one of the adults wade into the water from the bank and step on a
large piece of broken glass, buried in the mud, that damn near amputated
his big toe. Now, if they can just make those pouches biodegradable.

nb ...who never goes barefoot, anymore!

notbob wrote:

> While not new, the applications are. Been used for wine and soda pop
> syrup fer ages. Frankly, I'm glad to see more widespread use. Glass
> has been a hazard plaguing us for far too long. I can still vividly
> see that happy picnicing family enjoying the river on a hot Summer day
> and one of the adults wade into the water from the bank and step on a
> large piece of broken glass, buried in the mud, that damn near amputated
> his big toe. Now, if they can just make those pouches biodegradable.
>
> nb ...who never goes barefoot, anymore!

Thanks to mandating return of empty bottles, that is nowhere near the
problem that it used to be. I remember what it was like when I was a
kid and there was broken glass everywhere. I seldom see it anymore.

FWIW.... the liquor stores here now charge a deposit on all their
containers. However, not that spring is here and the snow is melting
there are lots of empty beer, wine and liquor bottles growing at the
side of the road.

On 2010-03-09, Dave Smith > wrote:

> Thanks to mandating return of empty bottles, that is nowhere near the
> problem that it used to be.

While I agree the problem has lessened, the beverage companies and
distributors viciously fight any and all proposed legislation
requiring return of bottles and in many states, like CA, it is
strictly voluntary. This also only applies mostly to glass soda and
beer bottles. It never addresses liquor and wine bottles, glass jars,
etc, although plastic bottles are becoming more common for spirits.

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2010-03-09, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Thanks to mandating return of empty bottles, that is nowhere near the
>> problem that it used to be.
>
> While I agree the problem has lessened, the beverage companies and
> distributors viciously fight any and all proposed legislation
> requiring return of bottles and in many states, like CA, it is
> strictly voluntary. This also only applies mostly to glass soda and
> beer bottles. It never addresses liquor and wine bottles, glass jars,
> etc, although plastic bottles are becoming more common for spirits.
>

Perhaps that is one of the advantages of government run liquor stores.
Glass soft drink bottles have required a deposit for as long as I can
remember, but not cans and plastic. However, there are not many soft
drinks sold in glass bottles anymore. Almost all are now sold in cans
and bottles. They have to be recycled in most municipalities around
here. Our town started recycling programs a few years ago.

Dave Smith wrote:
> notbob wrote:

>> While I agree the problem has lessened, the beverage companies and
>> distributors viciously fight any and all proposed legislation
>> requiring return of bottles and in many states, like CA, it is
>> strictly voluntary. This also only applies mostly to glass soda and
>> beer bottles. It never addresses liquor and wine bottles, glass
>> jars, etc, although plastic bottles are becoming more common for
>> spirits.

> Perhaps that is one of the advantages of government run liquor stores.
> Glass soft drink bottles have required a deposit for as long as I can
> remember, but not cans and plastic. However, there are not many soft
> drinks sold in glass bottles anymore. Almost all are now sold in cans
> and bottles. They have to be recycled in most municipalities around
> here. Our town started recycling programs a few years ago.

We've had mandatory glass/plastic cans and bottles recycling in my state
for a a good decade now. Perhaps the larger states don't have it because
they have more room to dump garbage. We pay other states to take
our trash so it's a financial policy. We also don't have government
run liquor stores, or deposits on cans or bottles.

nancy

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:50:50 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2010-03-09, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Thanks to mandating return of empty bottles, that is nowhere near the
>> problem that it used to be.
>
> While I agree the problem has lessened, the beverage companies and
> distributors viciously fight any and all proposed legislation
> requiring return of bottles and in many states, like CA, it is
> strictly voluntary. This also only applies mostly to glass soda and
> beer bottles. It never addresses liquor and wine bottles, glass jars,
> etc, although plastic bottles are becoming more common for spirits.
>
> nb

no doubt it will turn out that spirits bottled in plastic cause green hair
to grow on your liver.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" ha scritto nel messaggio
notbob wrote:
>
It never addresses liquor and wine bottles, glass jars,
>> etc, although plastic bottles are becoming more common for spirits.

> no doubt it will turn out that spirits bottled in plastic cause green
> hair> to grow on your liver.

This all is causing all new horizons for old age to pop into my head. Where
once I might have feared living in a box and drinking from a paper bag, now
I have this vision of sucking up strange rum drinks from little sacks. I
think you couldn't live in a fridge box with this high tech thing, so maybe
a styrofoam crate?

On 3/9/2010 10:34 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
>> While not new, the applications are. Been used for wine and soda pop
>> syrup fer ages. Frankly, I'm glad to see more widespread use. Glass
>> has been a hazard plaguing us for far too long. I can still vividly
>> see that happy picnicing family enjoying the river on a hot Summer day
>> and one of the adults wade into the water from the bank and step on a
>> large piece of broken glass, buried in the mud, that damn near amputated
>> his big toe. Now, if they can just make those pouches biodegradable.
>>
>> nb ...who never goes barefoot, anymore!
>
> Thanks to mandating return of empty bottles, that is nowhere near the
> problem that it used to be. I remember what it was like when I was a kid
> and there was broken glass everywhere. I seldom see it anymore.
>
I remember the same except for a move by the genius politicians in a
nearby city a winter ago. The county runs a huge recycling center that
services multiple counties. Apparently some of the glass has little
resale value so they got the bright idea of grinding it up and using it
for anti-skid material in the winter. Many areas looked like the ghetto
with sparkly glass fragments all over.


> FWIW.... the liquor stores here now charge a deposit on all their
> containers. However, not that spring is here and the snow is melting
> there are lots of empty beer, wine and liquor bottles growing at the
> side of the road.

On 2010-03-09, George > wrote:

> for anti-skid material in the winter. Many areas looked like the ghetto
> with sparkly glass fragments all over.

It's been determined and documented, after the fact, of course, that
roadbeds made of this recycled crushed glass accelerate the wear on
your tires. Again, you pay. Donchya jes love it!?

nb

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:23:51 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2010-03-09, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> Multilayer barrier pouches are entering food and beverage markets that were
>> never before penetrated.
>
> While not new, the applications are. Been used for wine and soda pop
> syrup fer ages. Frankly, I'm glad to see more widespread use. Glass
> has been a hazard plaguing us for far too long. I can still vividly
> see that happy picnicing family enjoying the river on a hot Summer day
> and one of the adults wade into the water from the bank and step on a
> large piece of broken glass, buried in the mud, that damn near amputated
> his big toe. Now, if they can just make those pouches biodegradable.
>
> nb ...who never goes barefoot, anymore!

me either.

your pal,
blake

On Mar 9, 6:32*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
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>
> Multilayer barrier pouches are entering food and beverage markets that were
> never before penetrated. Spirits are the latest application, specifically
> ShotPak, a 50 ml flask-shaped pouch filled with ready-to-drink cocktails
> that can go where glass containers can't. Beverage Pouch Group (BPG) LLC,
> Sarasota, FL, markets the pouches in boxed multipacks of six and 12 pouches,
> and the product is racking up sales with distributors in nearly a dozen
> states.
> "There's lots of activity around our new pouch package. Busy, on-the-go
> consumers are always asking for something new, and our natural
> ready-to-drink pouches stand out on the store shelves," says R. Charles
> Murray, Beverage Pouch Group CEO. "Until now we have not really ventured
> outside of Florida on the East Coast, but we have seen a lot of national
> interest, which has been great."
>
> The three brand categories include: ShotPak ready-to-drink cocktails;
> Shotpak and California Blue Premiums; and STR8UP spirits. Mixed-drink
> flavors include everything from popular favorites such as mojitos,
> cosmopolitans, martinis and pina coladas to kamikazes, lemon drops and sour
> apple flavors, with color-coordinated graphics.
>
> BPG also markets wine, water and beer in multilayer pouches under the
> VinoPaq, BevPaq, and BeerPaq brands.

I wonder what happens if someone tries to take one of those pouches on
a plane?

Can't be long till they are banned in carry on......too easy to put
something 'explosive' in one ....

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:24:46 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> wrote:

> I wonder what happens if someone tries to take one of those pouches on
> a plane?
>
> Can't be long till they are banned in carry on......too easy to put
> something 'explosive' in one ....

I would imagine they already fall under the same rules as all the
other liquid containers.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.