Beatson Clark amber bottle is sustainable solution for new vodka brand
A brand new sustainable British vodka launched by Ellers Farm Distillery has a bespoke embossed amber glass bottle designed and manufactured by Beatson Clark.
The distillery wanted high recycled content in its bottles for Dutch Barn Orchard Vodka to cut down on the use of raw materials, and amber glass is known to offer protection to the contents.
Beatson’s amber glass is made of over 60% recycled materials.
Ellers Farm commissioned research from the University of York’s Biorenewables Development Centre which showed a number of specific flavour compounds were degraded when stored in clear glass, yet not observed in amber glass.
The flavour of the vodka stored in amber glass was closest to the vodka in the original sample.
“Beatson Clark came up in a search and they’re a great business to work with – a Yorkshire business too! We knew they could provide a bottle with high recycled content, and the fact it’s in amber glass means that the flavour of the vodka is as close as possible to the flavour the moment it comes out of the still,” said Tabatha Hurst, Head of Sustainability at York based Ellers Farm Distillery. “We also decided to print directly onto the bottle rather than create a separate label, in order to minimise our overall use of packaging materials. The printing uses plant-based inks that will burn off when the glass is recycled.”
The bespoke 700ml bottle itself has an unusual appearance, as it’s made from amber glass and has a wider than usual neck.
The printed design applied by Yorkshire Bottle Solutions features a semi-metallic matt copper background showing the orchard and the Dutch barn with text in white, and the distillery’s owl logo is embossed on the base.
Dutch Barn Orchard Vodka is currently sold online on Amazon and at www.ellersfarmdistillery.com.
Image: Ellers Farm Distillery has a bespoke 700ml embossed amber glass bottle designed and manufactured by Beatson Clark. The printed design applied by Yorkshire Bottle Solutions features a semi-metallic matt copper background showing the orchard and the Dutch barn with text in white.
