Question about alcohol bottles????

[msinc]

Fellas, this has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever asked on here...anyone know why or exactly what {besides wake up my anti alcohol drinking wife} that little white plastic thing is in the mouth of just about every bottle or jug of alcohol {besides wine} is???? All it seems to do is make it take longer to pour out what I want and make a lot of noise to wake up wifey when I am getting a night cap.
I have wondered this all my adult drinking life...was some idiot sitting around and just dreamed up making a device that would...
A: Slow down the pour of a much anticipated drink....and B: Cause said drink to make a ridiculously loud obnoxious "GLUG, GLUG, GLUG" noise...especially when you are trying to be quiet???
The first thing I do is pop the stupid thing out of the bottle...I really don't drink much, if I did I wouldn't care. But, my wife is one of those people that believes one drink and you might as well be marched out in the woods and shot because you are now a hopelessly lost alcoholic that will never be right again. Anybody know what this thing is for???? Best I can figure {and I'm stupid} is that it fools customers at the bar into believing that the bartender is pouring much more alcohol than he actually is.

 

[shaggist]

It is to allow a hopelessly drunk, goin-to-hell, good-for-nothing alcoholic to pour a proper drink without sloshing the booze all over hell and half of Georgia because his eye-hand coordination is gone.

 

[gman51]

I thought it has something to do with pouring shots but I am not really sure as I am not a drinker.

 

[gunnails]

Like Shaggist said. They never bother me unless I am drinking straight from the bottle.

 

[6518John]

Your wife sounds like a keeper--I would not discount her too much, no matter how big of a pain she is. I read once that we are frequently attracted to our ideal "healing" partner--one that seems an opposite but that comes into our life to help us along.

Fellas, this has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever asked on here...anyone know why or exactly what {besides wake up my anti alcohol drinking wife} that little white plastic thing is in the mouth of just about every bottle or jug of alcohol {besides wine} is???? All it seems to do is make it take longer to pour out what I want and make a lot of noise to wake up wifey when I am getting a night cap.
I have wondered this all my adult drinking life...was some idiot sitting around and just dreamed up making a device that would...
A: Slow down the pour of a much anticipated drink....and B: Cause said drink to make a ridiculously loud obnoxious "GLUG, GLUG, GLUG" noise...especially when you are trying to be quiet???
The first thing I do is pop the stupid thing out of the bottle...I really don't drink much, if I did I wouldn't care. But, my wife is one of those people that believes one drink and you might as well be marched out in the woods and shot because you are now a hopelessly lost alcoholic that will never be right again. Anybody know what this thing is for???? Best I can figure {and I'm stupid} is that it fools customers at the bar into believing that the bartender is pouring much more alcohol than he actually is.

 

[msinc]

Heal???? She catches me drinkin' she clubs me with the nearest heavy object!!!! How is that healing???? I guess I should add that I haven't been drunk since I was 18 years old...I'm 54 now. I just like the flavor of certain whiskeys in the late evening.

 

[model70hunter]

I've read it is two fold, easier to pour in a shot glass by better equalization of air pressure and less spillage. Ar the cost of liquor spillage may be a barley or corn sin.....

 

[6518John]

Avenging Angel? Perhaps one needs a stick, not the carrot?

 

[msinc]

Avenging Angel? Perhaps one needs a stick, not the carrot?

Now that you brought this up...come to think of it, the stick always did do more for me than the carrot!!!!!

 

[arjay]

Your wife sounds like a keeper--I would not discount her too much, no matter how big of a pain she is. I read once that we are frequently attracted to our ideal "healing" partner--one that seems an opposite but that comes into our life to help us along.

What about the missus that's a hopeless lush? [emoji57][emoji17]

 

[6518John]

Touché. . . .

 

[rwsmith]

What in the world...

I've never seen one of these but I've seen bartenders put a pour spout on bottles they use a lot for a nice stream that hits the glass from three feet away. Of course I haven't opened a bottle of booze in almost 20 years.

Honestly, I have NEVER had problems pouring alcohol from a bottle and don't see the need for such a contrivance.


PS I just had a thought. Just like you can't buy large sugary drinks the government is probably protecting us by putting pour limiters on alcohol to save you from yourself. This was prompted by a lawsuit against Jack Daniels where the plaintiff said the Jack Daniels Company is the cause of his cirrhosis.

 

[pittpa]

I think of it as a splash guard for my bottle. they are easily removable. Some rum I buy can't be found in plastic so I refill the plastic one. I had a bottle of Tullamore Dew break in my trunk once, still brings a tear to my eye.

 

[STCM(SW)]

As far as the wife goes..
"You know I've been thinkin', you ain't been much fun since you stopped drinking"

 

[alwslate]

I've read it is two fold, easier to pour in a shot glass by better equalization of air pressure and less spillage.

This, I wish every bottle came with one. The inserts with a
spout for pouring shots are a different product than the little
plug that comes with some bottles. The main advantage of
the plug that limits flow and provides the "glug glug" sound
is when the bottle is full. Trying to pour a small amount into
a small glass from a full 1.75 lt bottle of liquor is going to
result in some spillage without an insert. Don't believe it?
Try it. The 750 ml or fifth size bottles usually don't come
with the insert, I wish they did. I've never been in such a
hurry to have my drink that I had to pry the insert out of a
bottle.

 

[msinc]

This, I wish every bottle came with one. The inserts with a
spout for pouring shots are a different product than the little
plug that comes with some bottles. The main advantage of
the plug that limits flow and provides the "glug glug" sound
is when the bottle is full. Trying to pour a small amount into
a small glass from a full 1.75 lt bottle of liquor is going to
result in some spillage without an insert. Don't believe it?
Try it. The 750 ml or fifth size bottles usually don't come
with the insert, I wish they did. I've never been in such a
hurry to have my drink that I had to pry the insert out of a
bottle.

I wouldn't say I am in any "hurry" or needed to pour fast...I just sort of have a need to pour "silent"....."Try pouring a small amount"???? I mean, who buys it by the gallon and pours a small amount??

 

[chaparrito]

Just looked at my whiskey collection and none of them have that plastic thing; just corks. Buy better likker.

 

[kwselke]

Anti drip device. I find them in some bottles of olive oils as well.

 

[tcon]

At first I thought you meant the "strainer cap" that is on Bicardi 151 et al.. I found out that this built-in screen is not to filter out impurities that may be in the bottle - it's to prevent an errant flame from going in the bottle and making it go boom.

 

[Cdog]

They were introduced by the folks at "Cork Lives Matter."