Tanquerey bottle

fun5oh · Post by **fun5oh** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:20 pm

The green Tanquerey Gin bottle has a red metal seal on it. Does anyone know what is made of, or what will happen if I leave it on and slump the bottle?

Thanks in advance,
Robin

Geri Comstock · Post by **Geri Comstock** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:33 pm

It depends on what kind of metal it is as to what will happen.

I wouldn't fire it with the metal on it because odds are the glass and the metal have very different COEs, and it will cause the bottle to break. Worst case, the metal is something you shouldn't fire, like galvanized whatever it is that makes a toxic vapor.

Geri

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:41 pm

fun5oh wrote:The green Tanquerey Gin bottle has a red metal seal on it. Does anyone know what is made of, or what will happen if I leave it on and slump the bottle?

Thanks in advance,
Robin

Switch to Bombay Saphire - no red metal seal to worry about.

fun5oh · Post by **fun5oh** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:03 pm

I am guessing that it is aluminum, very thin. I havent taken it off yet but it seems to be the same material that the cap would be made out of????
If I don't hear different by morning, I may just try it and see what happens

Robin

Ron Coleman · Post by **Ron Coleman** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:23 pm

Yes, the ring is aluminum and part of the "pilfer proof" cap and seal system the bottlers use. That keeps people from testing the gin before buying.

It will melt and drip.

Ron

fun5oh · Post by **fun5oh** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:48 pm

Well looks and sounds can be deceiving......... I just removed the red seal from the bottle, and it is PLASTIC. I don't think that would have smelled very good at all

Thanks for your replies,
Robin

Lonman · Post by **Lonman** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:25 am

If I remember correctly from my bartending days, the seal is made of red sealing wax. More of a plastic than wax. However, they may have switched to metal for cost reasons.

Lonman

Judy Schnabel · Post by **Judy Schnabel** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:53 pm

The only metal I know of on any Tanguerey is on the "Ten" Tanguerey. As you found out, the red button is plastic and can be put back on the bottle after it's fired. The metal strip on "Ten" can also be removed and replaced on the bottle after it's fired.

Don't try Bombay gin in your kiln. This is not colored glass. The turquoise is only a film over clear glass and would probably burn up in your kiln.

Judy

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:18 pm

Don't try Bombay gin in your kiln.

Oh! No - I didn't mean for the kiln!

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