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Functional Packages, Part 6
By now, almost everyone has seen and had a chance to partake of the many cold-activated beer cans. Here is something a little different — a cold-activated spirits bottle.
Box 19 of the approval for Metropolis says: “Labels contain thermochromatic ink – the cityscape will change when temperatures increase/decrease.” The label goes a bit further, to say “Chill your bottle to light up the night. Label changes when chilled.” Metropolis also has approvals for gin and vodka.
Chromatic Technologies, Inc. explains that such inks change color as their temperature changes. “Our thermochromic inks all work the same way … below the activation temperature they are colored and above the activation temperature they are clear or lightly colored. As the ink cools, the original color returns.”
B&H Colour Change Ltd. also claims to be a world leader in thermochromic printing and further explains:
The whole label or a small part will change colour at a selected temperature to show when the beverage is the correct temperature for serving/drinking. Bottle shrink sleeves can be preprinted with thermochromic inks prior to sleeving. Board packaging for take-home multipacks can be printed with thermochromic ink, to encourage consumers to chill them in the fridge.
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Rum with a Dash of Porn
Here is Ron Jeremy’s “Adult Rum.” It is imported by One Eyed Spirits, of Texas.
John was going to say something witty here. But, upon reflection, we should not touch it with or without a ten foot pole.
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Manly Parts and Booze, Part 4
The people that set up the pre-market approval system for alcohol beverages probably did not anticipate that, sooner or later, it would come to this. Here is Erection Rum, imported by Data Commodities of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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California Rum
Most of the world’s rum is produced in the Caribbean. Not a lot has been made in the US.
But lately there are signs of incipient production in California. Here are two: Agua Libre and Eurydice. Both are made by St. George Spirits in Alameda, California. A Swedish blog explains:
Eurydice starts with the fresh-pressed cane juice of 100% California-grown sugar cane. The cane, grown in Southern California, is harvested and crushed at St George Spirits’ Alameda facility where it is fermented with two strains of wine yeast designed to accent the fruit and floral notes of the cane.
It is good to see that TTB is not asserting that an appellation may not be indicated. On some occasions TTB has asserted that vintage-, varietal-, and appellation-type claims should not be made on distilled spirits products because these subtle characteristics are not discernible after distillation.
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Functional Packages, Part 2
In the last post we showed a bottle that lights up.
This time, we have a functional package that goes a bit further. It lights up and plays music. Thank goodness for this video that captured it in action, before it faded off into oblivion. TTB approved Coyopa Rum back in 2001. At box 17, the approval says: “Bottle may be equipped to play music (no words or lyrics) … may light up. … ‘Label and package made in China.’” Box 16 mentions that it’s a “distinctive liquor bottle.”
Like a lot of products, it does not seem to have lasted very long. This old, undated article explains:
The idea for Coyopa came to [Sidney] Frank in a dream; a vision of a bottle that played music and was animated. … He hired an engineer to design the electronics for the interactive label, and turned to R.L. Seale, a premier rum producer in Barbados to create the … rum. … “They might think it’s crazy at first, or just a gimmick, but once you get a good look at it, you are mesmerized. My Active Label® is a true breakthrough.”
Perhaps 2001 was a bit too early; the functional packages seem to be rolling out with greater regularity late in the same decade.
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