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A glass-packaging flaw has raised concerns that pieces of glass might break off and fall into drinkers' beer. Stella Artois is recalling beer bottles that may have 'particles of glass' Skip to ...
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 location.
"Stella", meaning star in Latin, pays homage to this original occasion, accompanied by a star on every bottle. The link with Sebastien Artois is mentioned in the article, but not the "Stella" part.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦ (talk to me) 13:31, 9 June 2013 (UTC) [ reply ]
Since the 12-ounce cans were much smaller and lighter than glass bottles, they could more easily be packaged and transported. [2] However, bottlers soon started selling "one-way" bottles as well. [2] Now, bottles and cans did not have a brand logo anymore, but an engravement that said: "No Deposit, No Return". [3]
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Newcastle Brown Ale is a brown ale, originally brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [2] It was launched in 1927 by Colonel Jim Porter after three years of development. The 1960 merger of Newcastle Breweries with Scottish Brewers afforded the beer national distribution, and UK sales peaked in the early 1970s
Glass bottles and glass jars are found in many households worldwide. The first glass bottles were produced in Mesopotamia around 1500 B.C., and in the Roman Empire in around 1 AD. [1] America's glass bottle and glass jar industry was born in the early 1600s, when settlers in Jamestown built the first glass-melting furnace.