of a bottle of whisky (medium coffee cup shown as reference)

[u/Spinning_Kicker]

4 liter of whisky bottled in Japan 🇯🇵

[u/korkorahn]

first time seeing whiskey in PET bottles

[u/henkheijmen → u/korkorahn]

Someone once told me you can identify the good asian stuff by that it is wrapped in cheap plastic packaging. 😜

[u/Senor-Delicious → u/korkorahn]

I've rarely seen glass bottles at all in Japan. Pretty much everything is plastic bottles, cans or bottles made out of the same material as cans.

Although booze bottles were usually glass I think. Definitely rather odd. But not surprising that it is Japan doing that stuff after seeing how they prefer non-glass material for almost all beverages.

[u/WatchPenKeys → u/korkorahn]

What’s a PET bottle ? Genuine question

[u/RollingZepp → u/WatchPenKeys]

Polyethylene terepthalate, but these are probably PETg, polyethylene terepthalate glycol. Excellent injection mould-ability, very little gas exchange (important to prevent food spoilage from oxygenation).

[u/vc0ke → u/RollingZepp]

This guy PETs.

[u/louloc → u/vc0ke]

I’m a heavy petter myself. 😉

[u/Lobster_porn → u/vc0ke]

do you not PET? peasant

[u/rat_gland → u/RollingZepp]

Also not a bad filament to use to 3d print a monkey head

[u/No_Yogurtcloset9305 → u/WatchPenKeys]

Plastic bottle.

[u/WatchPenKeys → u/No_Yogurtcloset9305]

Ahh , that’s pretty common here in the states. Plastic bottles for spirits/liquor.

[u/jd3marco → u/WatchPenKeys]

Only the gut rot liquor.

[u/Tha_Real_B_Sleazy → u/jd3marco]

Ugh, taaka

[u/Nixxuz → u/Tha_Real_B_Sleazy]

Gorky!

[u/Orbitoldrop → u/jd3marco]

It's also pretty common for 1.5L bottles.

[u/Unusual_Car215 → u/jd3marco]

So... All liquor

[u/NormalDealer4062 → u/WatchPenKeys]

I didn't know that, thanks for sharing.

[u/Moist-Memory7823 → u/WatchPenKeys]

PolyEThelene plastic

[u/n_choose_k → u/WatchPenKeys]

Polyethylene

[u/Exciting_Memory192 → u/WatchPenKeys]

You normally transport dogs and cats in them. And hamsters etc.

[u/ItsSansom → u/korkorahn]

Super common in Japan

[u/TastySpare → u/korkorahn]

The whisky equivalent of TetraPak wine…

[u/Ok_Solid_Copy → u/korkorahn]

I've seen beer in PET bottles before and it was quite alright. I'm not so sure about putting whiskey in it though

[u/seanmonaghan1968 → u/korkorahn]

We were in Japan over the past week and saw this in grocery stores

[u/pushdose]

4L for 3350 that’s like $21!! Shit that’s a deal.

[u/Bacon_Techie → u/pushdose]

Just over 30CAD. I like yen because I can just read it as cents pretty much. I’ll be a tiny bit over but that’s better than under lol.

Though that same amount here would be like 160 CAD lol.

[u/BigALep5 → u/pushdose]

This is what I came looking for should be top comment!!!

[u/frogking → u/pushdose]

That would be enough to heat up a medium sized home for a couple of days!

[u/ringo5150 → u/frogking]

Australian here. That much whiskey would be around $200 Australian dollars and you would never find it in a 4 litre bottle. 750ml bottles, or 1.5 litres if you wholesale for a bar. Our booze get taxed a lot.

[u/frogking → u/ringo5150]

I’m from Denmark. We can’t get alcohol in quantities larger than 1 liter and the most common is 750ml. Alcohol is taxed and I’m not even sure that the 21$ stuff in the photo would even be sold in smaller quantities here.

[u/Skottimusen → u/pushdose]

Is it a deal if it tastes like nail polish?

[u/CommanderCoytus → u/Skottimusen]

Not bad for high balls

[u/Jasaj4 → u/pushdose]

Torisu is one of the worst quality whiskeys in Japan, and it's Suntory's cheapest whiskey.

[u/Almacca]

One of the main qualities I like in my alcohol is quantity.

[u/Lost_Mathematician64]

Salaryman fuel

[u/Spinning_Kicker → u/Lost_Mathematician64]

My thoughts exactly…work hard, party hard.

[u/Informal_Camera6487]

For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.

[u/Neither-Wallaby-924 → u/Informal_Camera6487]

Came here for this

[u/oldirrrrtykimchi → u/Neither-Wallaby-924]

Magnificent

[u/slutty_muppet → u/Informal_Camera6487]

Close your face.

[u/Informal_Camera6487 → u/slutty_muppet]

That can't be all he said.

[u/Dydey]

I used to work in a glass factory that produced bottles for spirits. If you wanted to make a 4 litre glass bottle you’d have a hard time, they struggled enough to make the 1.75 litre ones without them collapsing or exploding as they cooled.

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/Dydey]

I wonder if that is a contributing factor to these all being plastic. Even 1.75s in the US are often plastic for low-mid grade liquor. Did you make 4L glass bottles regularly?

[u/YesIBlockedYou → u/Poverty_Shoes]

Probably just more to do with it being in east Asia. Everything comes double wrapped in single use plastic there.

[u/mysterymalts → u/Dydey]

How do they make those 15L wine bottles?

[u/Looptydude → u/Dydey]

I can buy jug wine in 4 liter bottle, unless you are referring to it being shaped similarly to the one pictured but in glass.

[u/Skottimusen → u/Dydey]

I have to make a correction to that,its not the size that is the issue, its the shape.

Make a rounded body allows for far larger bottles to be made, but that contradict easy transportation and storage.

[u/FungiStudent → u/Dydey]

What about 5 gallon glass carboys for brewing? Those are pretty common.

[u/Hamisaurus]

Suntory has some solid liquors. Even their middle shelf stuff is really good.

[u/waywardhero → u/Hamisaurus]

I stan by Toki, it’s my favorite

[u/Irritating_Pedant → u/Hamisaurus]

Suntory is fine but it's kind of mid if you ask me. There are far better Japanese whiskeys out there.

[u/Formal_Elephant_6079 → u/Irritating_Pedant]

Probably the most dictionary-accurate username checks out that I’ve encountered

[u/WARitter → u/Formal_Elephant_6079]

I dunno more pedantic would be ‘Japanese Whiskies’. Since the ‘whisky’ spelling is conventionally pluralized with ‘ie’.

[u/Formal_Elephant_6079 → u/WARitter]

Alluding to a point about the minor details of something like what makes a Japanese Whiskey better than fine, to me checks out

[u/Chris__P_Bacon → u/WARitter]

I mean if you want to be a pedant about it, sure. 😏

[u/Formal_Elephant_6079 → u/Chris__P_Bacon]

[u/Motief1386 → u/Irritating_Pedant]

Definitely mid, but great in a Highball…. Funny thing about whiskey, they all taste the same by the third or fourth ;)

[u/Skottimusen → u/Irritating_Pedant]

Well, he didnt ask you, make your own post

[u/jean_cule69]

Gosh I've spent nights getting shitfaced on plastic bottled whisky as I was studying in Japan... Brings back good (and blurry) memories

[u/Icy-Car-6193 → u/jean_cule69]

How does Japanese whiskey taste different from American whiskey?

[u/waywardhero → u/Icy-Car-6193]

From what I recalled from a conversation I heard. It’s close to scotch but without the peat flavor. I think it was suntory that sent a guy out to Scotland to study it.

From the ones I had, that being Toki and Hibiki, they are milder than standard whiskey and taste really fine. Hibiki is more standard flavor with more oak and honey notes but Toki is wildly different with lighter sweeter fruity notes. Both are great neat or chilled

Hibiki would be good for old fashioneds and Toki is AMAZING in whiskey sours (literally my favorite)

[u/Icy-Car-6193 → u/waywardhero]

Thank you very much for sharing, I must buy a few bottles of Japanese whisky to try

[u/waywardhero → u/Icy-Car-6193]

I can’t recommend Toki enough. Mid shelf whiskey, technically twice the price of standard makers mark but you can get a good deal for it at Costco.

Literally my favorite. (If you have amaretto, its also pretty good if you add a small splash in the whiskey sour too)

[u/Icy-Car-6193 → u/waywardhero]

Thanks, I will buy it and try it tomorrow.

[u/a_rabid_anti_dentite]

If it wasn't labeled I'd probably end up trying to mop my floor with that.

[u/phuckin-psycho → u/a_rabid_anti_dentite]

Would you like a shot of pine-sol? 🤣🤣

[u/usernametaken99991]

It looks like a bottle of Pine-sol with a different label

[u/Sean77654]

I love the Japanese

[u/Theredditappsucks11]

That's huge! Largest bottle of whiskey I've ever seen was a 2 L bottle of Gentleman Jack at the Post Exchange on base.

[u/Bacon_Techie → u/Theredditappsucks11]

There is a massive 4L glass bottle from Saint Pierre and Miquelon that my great grandfather bought (he apparently really liked whiskey, and operated a lobster business very very close to the islands) that’s sitting in my dad’s living room. Has its own stand and everything.

[u/newoldschool → u/Theredditappsucks11]

Jameson has a 5l and Jonny walker

[u/defjkl]

This then grows into a general purpose container for home use for moms.

[u/cassiopeia18]

That’s for restaurants, bars selling whisky-soda, whisky-coke,…

[u/Spinning_Kicker → u/cassiopeia18]

Respectfully, I don’t think it is. This was at a regular market selling non bulk items. I think maybe they’re selling this for New Years since the Japanese are big on New Year’s celebrations.

[u/cassiopeia18 → u/Spinning_Kicker]

My japanese ex bf said that. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also from other comment of other thread:

Source: I lived in Japan for ~15 years, worked in several bars / ran my own for a short period, so I’ve had plenty experience with liquor stores and that industry.

For the record, these 4L PETs are perfectly normal in most bars or any place where they make lots of cocktails. Chances are they’ll have a few of these behind the counter with pomps for easy measuring. It’s CHEAP Whisky, but that’s the point. You don’t need great whisky in your all-you-can-drink Highball.

[u/_zulkarneyn_]

İt's fucking crime to put wish key in to plastic bottles.

[u/Weird-Weakness-3191]

37% is diet whiskey

[u/Hugo-Spritz]

That's a medium whiskey next to a medium cup of coffee. Absolute unit? Mouthwash!

[u/Slaphappyfapman]

Classic Japan

[u/RecordingGreen7750]

Need a banana for scale

[u/Suspicious-Note-8571]

The Eastern mind can not fathom the size of a handle

[u/screamn_normansmiley]

$2 USD A BOTTLE

[u/unusedtruth]

Haha is that at Mega Donki?

[u/EgooNj]

How many bananas is that?

[u/Tnemmokon]

We have 5l Wine sold in similar Plastic Bottles in Hungary y however they're known to be the worst kind of Wine you can purchase. They're called "Kannás Bor which roughly translates to "canned wine" usually they're bought by Homeless or Teenagers.

[u/doomislav]

AHH that looks like something you will never regret in the morning!

[u/keeleon]

Oh glad you used a medium coffee so now I know exactly how big this is.

[u/jcraig87]

Somebody show this kid a Texas mickey

[u/RelativeMinors]

Suntory is legit

[u/DaArio_007]

In plastic bottles, what in the Murica is going on here?

[u/VendaGoat]

In my mind those are pine-sol bottles.

[u/soufboundpachyderm]

Tastes like shit but it will fuck you up

[u/TNO-TACHIKOMA]

These are semi decent whiskey though not meat to be drunk on it's own.

They are usually attached to an automated dispenser or hand pump to make highballs

[u/waywardhero → u/TNO-TACHIKOMA]

Not to sound pretentious but what are the tasting notes? Is it like milder and sweeter or more just normal rotgut?

[u/Shen1076]

Banana is required as reference

[u/Cakeoats]

4 litres… Lemmy Kilmister volumes

[u/BoomGoesTheFirework_]

In America we call that a handle and it’s dinner and breakfast and I might have a drinking problem but it’s so good 

[u/5ForBiting]

Suntory makes some of the best whiskey out there. By the prices I'm seeing, I highly recommend you seek out Yamazaki. Drink some and send me a case.

[u/OddRoyal7207]

Yeah that's Japan for ya

[u/Michaeli_Starky]

This is the most Japanese thing I saw this year.

[u/Empirius_]

God I miss living in Japan. The booze there was too good

[u/Delicious-Chapter675]

I thought only soju was bottled in those sizes in PET bottles.  

[u/Square-Top-4442]

I have to admit when i saw the bottle, i thought it look like a bottle of cooking oil because that's normally what i think of in big bottles like this, for this to be whisky well how drunk will one be before end of the night? Passout not even half way

[u/tdkimber]

God I miss Japan

[u/The-Great-Xaga]

There is a dumpling recipe that requires it to the boiled in alcohol. With stuff like this I would actually not get broke by cooking this

[u/kiwichick286]

Jaysus, Mary and Broseph, who needs 4L of whiskey?

[u/Candytuffnz]

My Scottish ancestors just woke up shouted "git tay fuuuuck ya bawbag" then returned to the spirit realm. Gave me a right fright.

[u/AccumulatedFilth]

Light up a joint in front of a person that would drink this bottle in one evening, and listen to a 4 hour lecture on how you are putting yourself and others in danger by your drug use, and how you're throwing your future away.

[u/Hardon4Magpul]

“Whiskey”

[u/Spinning_Kicker → u/Hardon4Magpul]

🥃

[u/MrZsword]

In plastic bottle ? I hate it

[u/El_Mojo42]

Japan's desire to put everything in plastic wrapping has gone too far.

[u/FondantOk9090]

In a plastic bottle no less!…..hmmm classy

[u/DonkeyTron42]

I just got back from Japan and was surprised by the gallon sized 25% alcohol sake that looks like straight window cleaner.

[u/shophopper]

To clarify: that’s a Japanse medium sized cup, which would be small in the U.S.

[u/Fast-Visual]

My god, this must be the world's smallest coffee cup!

[u/duke_of_uwus]

4 liter is insane!

[u/waywardhero]

I love Toki and Hibiki whiskey by them. I really wanna try this cheap stuff from them.

[u/waywardhero]

Ok, where can I get one. If it was at my local BevMo I’m heading over there

[u/obinice_khenbli]

Is that whisky in bloody plastic xD

[u/skinnyfatty1987]

What’s that in USD?

[u/mazzjm9 → u/skinnyfatty1987]

$30-35

[u/Visible_Dance1]

Wow. Plastic country.

[u/No-Milk-1903]

37%, it's whisky light, so you better have a big bottle.

[u/Able-Rate-629]

That's a genuine first for me. Spirits in plastic bottles. Just awful. Keep it classy glassy please. So uncouth. 😅 great value for money. That is easy £80 to £100 UK

[u/Bacon_Techie → u/Able-Rate-629]

$160 (£88) in Canada (judging from the price of a 1.1ish litre bottle)

[u/4Ever2Thee]

Good lord, 4 liters of Japanese whisky? How much is that in freedom units?

[u/spartanken115 → u/4Ever2Thee]

Almost a gallon or roughly 4.2 quarts.

[u/lIlHYPERIONlIl]

That is an absolute travesty!!!! That piss water should never be called whisky