Water Tasting Lab: Glass Vs Plastic Vs Cans

Let’s see if the container changes the flavor of the water with this water tasting!


Alcademics
Alcademics
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Instagram followers 28k followers

1.5 hours Location Financial District Experience size 1 to 8 guests   $55

[This class will be scheduled if I can get a minimum of 4 attendees- and you can help choose the date! Please send me a note if you're interested.]
Test out whether glass, plastic, or aluminum containers change the flavor of bottled water! Let’s see if the flavor difference is real.
In this water tasting session, intended for people who have taken our previous water tasting classes, we will try water that I have stored in different conditions:
  • Glass vs. plastic vs. aluminum cans for the same water brands
  • Water stored in sunlight vs. indoors for the same water brands
We will taste all these waters blind, and then students will rank/vote on them to see if:
  • They taste different at all - is there a difference that we can detect?
  • Which taste best - do waters stored in glass really taste best?
  • Which format (glass, plastic, aluminum) tastes best after storing them in the sun?
We will taste them blind and then take polls on which are best - and compare that to which were stored in which container which way.
We’ll test about 20 waters or more!
What you'll get
A water tasting!
Knowledge required
Students ideally should have taken one of my previous water classes, but in this case, it is not required.
What to bring
All materials provided.
Location

Financial District, CA

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Alcademics
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I am a cocktails and spirits writer and educator, covering drinks here in San Francisco for over 20 years, and contributing to the SF Chronicle, Popular Science, Food & Wine, and dozens of other publications. My books have been reviewed by the New York Times and Scientific American.
I have taught classes and given talks for more than a decade, with a particular focus on science and history. (My published experiments changed how ice is made all over the world!) My primary subject matter expertise is in ice, water, bitter flavors, and the history of alcohol and medicine. Everything I know about San Francisco history I learned from studying the saloons of old.

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2026-11-20 15:00:00
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