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Originally Posted by freakray

The reason quality beer doesn't come in plastic (also known as PET bottles in the bottling industry) is the UV inhibitive properties of glass over PET.
Light and more specifically UV exposure in beer causes it to degrade, this is the reason most beers come in either green or brown tinted bottles, these color glasses protect the beer the best from the 'bad' light, brown glass has the best properties though.
Glass thickness also helps, that's why the high end beers always seem to come in bottles which are useful in riots and bar fights as they don't break easily

So to answer your question, you can have your beer in a 2L bottle but it will have a short shelf life and will be cheap as dirt.

I was just reading an article last week where Miller was experimenting with brown tinted PET bottles to house their beer. But currently it's color and design are posing problems for recyclers nationwide.http://www.grrn.org/miller_waste/miller3.html . Note the article says an expected shelf life of 4 months. I think it'll be awhile before the general public "accepts" beer in a plastic bottle as they are so used to glass and metal cans. It's like an American tradition. (Plus you can't crush a plastic bottle on your head like you can a metal can when you are finished with it.