What are NRW bottles?
Beer bottles, wine bottles, fizzy bottles, demijohns, small bottles, large bottles, bulbous bottles, narrow bottles, plastic bottles, glass bottles. Bottles, bottles, bottles... And now the NRW bottles. You'll go crazy with all the bottles. What are NRW bottles?
The History of Glass Bottles
- Previously, liquids and drinks were made in containers Wood, ceramic and in tubing leather stored. For drinking one primarily used jugs made of metal and ceramics.
- Although glass has been around since the 4th Century exist, glass bottles were only used in the 17th century. invented in the century.
- By the end of the 18th For centuries there were no absolutely identical bottles. Uniform forms only became possible with machine production.
- Bottles are an important part of everyday life these days. They are the most important means of storage and transport for drinks of all kinds.
What are NRW bottles?
- Beer breweries in North Rhine Westphalia were the first to use these bottles and introduce them to the market in Germany.
- From 1990 this form was used for beer, the NRW bottles replaced the Euro bottles.
- The NRW bottle is slightly narrower and longer. It is a standardized half-litre bottle; A more detailed description can be found in DIN 6075 for packaging and bottles.
- The NRW bottles are now being replaced by other shapes, such as the shoulder bottle. These have a slightly longer neck.
- Smaller breweries will continue to use the Euro and NRW bottles for cost reasons.
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But the bottle is only perfect with the right closure, the crown cork. Glass bottles are now often being replaced by aluminum cans and PET bottles. The form is probably very important to the manufacturers for marketing reasons, but basically it is only the content that matters.
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