Kokanee says that its beer stays fresher longer thanks to new bottle cap

— Source: Beverage Manager

The cap contains an oxygen-absorbing liner in the Glacier Seal to reduce Kokanee's exposure to oxygen, allowing the beer to stay fresher longer, according to a statement.

"The Glacier Seal Cap is an example of our absolute dedication to ensuring Kokanee stays as fresh as possible until you drink it," said Mike Bascom, marketing manager for Kokanee, the Creston-based beer that is brewed by Columbia Brewery.

The cap contains an oxygen-absorbing liner in the Glacier Seal to reduce Kokanee's exposure to oxygen, allowing the beer to stay fresher longer, according to a statement.

"The Glacier Seal Cap is an example of our absolute dedication to ensuring Kokanee stays as fresh as possible until you drink it," said Mike Bascom, marketing manager for Kokanee, the Creston-based beer that is brewed by Columbia Brewery.

The brewery conducted testing on samples of bottled beer that had aged at least one month and found that the oxygen levels for Kokanee capped with the new Glacier Seal were so low, they registered below five parts per billion (ppb) total package oxygen per bottle. To put this in context, another tested product that did not contain a similar liner had much higher oxygen levels, averaging upwards of 55 ppb total package oxygen per bottle—that's 90 per cent more than Kokanee packaged with the Glacier Seal.

"Oxygen is the number one enemy for beer," says Scott Stokes, Columbia Brewery Brew Master. "The new Glacier Seal cap means Kokanee will now taste fresher."