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A bottle is a rigid container with a neck that is narrower than the body, and a "mouth". Bottles are often made of glass, clay, plastic, aluminum or other impervious materials, and are typically used to store liquids. The bottle has developed over millennia of use, with some of the earliest examples appearing in China, Phoenicia, Rome and Crete.
Beer bottles are sometimes used as makeshift clubs, for instance in bar fights. As with pint glasses, the use of glass bottles as weapons is known as glassing. Pathologists determined in 2009 that beer bottles are strong enough to crack human skulls, which requires an impact energy of between 14 and 70 joules, depending on the
Chubby Launched in South Africa. SMJ distributes Chubby in South Africa. 2010: Maaee Water Launched. SMJ Asia Limited was formed in India, producing and distributing the Maaee brand of water 2012: SMJ Acquires Jamaica Citrus Growers Limited. In 2012, SMJ acquired the assets of Jamaica Citrus Growers Limited, a manufacturer of fruit juices in ...
Many countries have standardized beer bottle sizes, which are cleaned and re-used, so when buying beer at a store, people often must pay a deposit on the bottle and the price of the beer. An alternative to glass-bottle beers is local beer sold in tetra-pak style paper cartons. South Africa consumes the most beer of any African country, with an ...
Only a few dozen of the 170 brands that Reich owns actually sold in December, a result that he attributes to confusion over the format of the sale. "Some people were put off by the auction process ...
Glass-bottle deposits were reimbursed when consumers took the empties back to the store. A pop tab from the 1970s. In 1959, the recyclable aluminum can was introduced to the market in a 7 oz. size by the Adolph Coors Company. [5] In 2008, an aluminum version of the crowntainer design was adopted for packaging Coca-Cola's Caribou Coffee drink ...
St. Vincent Brewery, Ltd. brews Hairoun beer, an alternative name for the island. Hairoun is a golden lager brewed with barley, hops, and spring water. St. Vincent Brewery also bottles Guinness Foreign Extra Stout under license as well as Vita Malt, a non-alcoholic malt beverage, and several other non-alcoholic beverages.
South Africa accounts for 34% of Africa's formal beer market and is expected to grow by 8–10% annually over the next five years. Beer consumption in the country was pegged at 60 litres per capita in 2012, greater than the 14.6-litre African average and the global average of 22 litres.