Why is it that you can't buy a 2 Liter container of beer or coffee?

submitted by x0x7 from self.AskSaidIt

Particularly beer. It's a carbonated liquid. If anything getting the exact portion control you want would be even easier. No longer would there be temptation to round up the amount you want to drink. It would be less wasteful than bottles and more convenient than mini kegs. It would be more economical and would stay as carbonated as soda. About a third of the price of beer is the container. That math is based on looking at the cheapest bottled soda in a store.

And why not coffee? Just buy all the coffee you need at once with no steps needed. If you make iced coffee with it its going to be fine. Big coffee wants you to buy a product from them every day, because they can make more money from you. You aren't buying your milk per drink? Why should you buy any liquid per drink or with extra packaging?

Buying anything every day is stupid. Just buy the finished product in a volume where you are taken care of for the week. It's how you buy anything else.

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[–]PharaohNuff 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your beer goes hot... and your coffee goes cold. 2 liters is a lot.

[–]x0x7[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]Drewski 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not a 2 liter, but you can get a 32 oz cold brew concentrate at Walmart for $5 that makes 8 servings. Better to make your own though as you say.

Found this article about beer: Why Doesn’t Beer Come In Plastic Bottles?

In Russia, a country where beer is commonly sold in larger shareable containers of 1.5 liters or more, it is estimated that 42% of beer is sold in plastic bottles. While single-serving bottles are the norm in the United States, manufacturers like Olde English have embraced plastic bottles for larger beer and malt liquor bottles.

[–]hfxB0oyA 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Craft breweries around my posts will sell you a growler ) of beer that they fill up from their tap to take home. It's about 1.9 litres, but unless I'm having friends over, there's no conceivable way I'm drinking that much beer before it goes flat.

[–]Karce33 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

We used to buy beer balls when I was in highschool.

Like a mini keg, but a plastic ball that contained beer, had to have your own tap thought

[–]Entropick 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Those balls with the pump, I forgot totally about those! that rocked.

[–]Karce33 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We used to get those delivered by a beer delivery company after our sports ball games in the 90s, get one each, and get wrecked. Delivery guy never cared we were underage, they already paid the beer store for them, so they're not gonna waste their time driving back and return it.

[–]P-38lightning 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Old coffee tastes like ass.

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

How do you know that?

[–]P-38lightning 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Someone told me what ass tastes like, and I thought, that's what old coffee tastes like.

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I actually reuse my coffee grounds as I find the taste perfectly acceptable. It's my substitute for eating ass.

[–]DaveMaverick 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Bro idk if you drink 2L of coffee in a go you might have cardiac problems

[–]ActuallyNot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You'll notice the neurological ones first if you do it regularly.

[–]YoMamma 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://beerwulf.com/collections/draught-kegs

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://gbuynow.com/beverages/alcoholic-drinks/keg/ ?

[–]twolanterns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

goes flat before you can drink it all

2 liters ...

packaging in such sizes is also unproductive