Steinie shape
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DIN 6199 |
|---|---|
| Area | packaging |
| title | Packaging - bottles, Steinieform |
| Latest edition | October 1997 (withdrawn) |
| ISO | - |
Steinieform (also Stubbi ) describes a small, stable, brown, bulbous beer bottle with a capacity of 330 ml, standardized for the first time in 1953 in DIN 6199 (“Standard sheet for the Steinieform 0.33 l beer bottle”) . The last edition of the standard ("Packaging - Bottles, Steinieform" from October 1997) was withdrawn in May 2004 without replacement. The Steinie was introduced in Milwaukee by the US Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in the 1930s . The name was derived from the perceived similarity to the shape of a beer stein .
Dimensions of the bottle
The Steinie bottle came to Germany as early as the late 1930s, and was first used by the Schultheiss brewery in Berlin. It did not gain broader acceptance until the 1960s. The slightly larger diameter of the previous beer (Vichy) bottles did not fit into the conventional 20-bottle crates that were still in use well into the 1970s.
- Lower diameter: 70.5 mm
- Height: 174 mm
- Filling height: approx. 153 mm
- Weight of the empty bottle 270 g
properties
Due to its compact shape, the Steinie shape has a lower height, a lower center of gravity and a larger volume-related footprint compared to other 0.33 and 0.5 l beer bottles. This minimizes the risk of accidentally tipping them over compared to other beer bottles. Incidentally, if dropped, these bottles are more shatterproof than conventional long-necked beer bottles. In addition, a smaller proportion of the glass weight is achieved for the total mass of the box.
Steinie bottles are sold in boxes of 20 (5 × 4), 25 (5 × 5), 27 (5 × 3 + 4 × 3) or 30 (6 × 5) bottles. In Germany it is regularly a deposit bottle .
Other names
As with other bottle shapes and beer sizes, various colloquial names have emerged regionally and colloquially for the bottle shape, which is known in specialist circles as the "Steinie bottle". The compact shape of the container led alternatively to the designation “bomb” or “grenade”. The short bottle compared to others also leads to the expression "dwarf". This handy and stable bottle shape earned it the title “Mason Bottle”, “Mason Bottle”, “Mason Jug” or “Mason Bomb” in the building trade. The "bricklayer's box" for a box with (mostly) 30 bottles results from these designations. The short, squat bottle “Knolle” is primarily known in northern Germany. The preferred designation in southern Germany as "Stubbi" was obtained from Stubben . or "Stupete". The name STUBBI (in capital letters) has been a registered word mark of the Bitburger brewing group since 2002 .
history
When, in 1936, with the relaxation of prohibition in the USA, many breweries were still bottling steel cans, the Steinie shape was developed as a counter-proposal by the glass industry in the Anglo-American region. Short bottles with small shoulders are called stubbies and those with shorter shoulders are called Steinie. In Anglo-American a short glass bottle is basically called a "stubby". The original term Steinie probably goes back to the translation of German Stein in the meaning of Steinkrug and beer mug , as beer measure in the sense of Maßkrug . The capacity in the USA is between 330 and 375 ml, the Canadian stubby has 341 ml. The advantages of the "stubby bottles" promoted their spread. The "Steinie" are preferred in the USA since the 1950s, with slightly longer shoulders they became common at Budweisers. They didn't emerge in Canada until the 1980s. The US Steinies spread worldwide from 12 oz to European 0.5 liters. The term “Stubbi” is used extensively in Europe. In Canada, this designation was part of the standardization from 1962 to 1986 and these bottles have been coming up again since the 2000s with the “ craft brewers ”. In the American sector, “stubbies” and “steinies” have fallen out of favor and have been replaced by long-neck bottles ; they are still used for nostalgic purposes and special beers.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trendy and compact - beers in Steinie bottles . In: Fachzeitschriftenarchiv sachon.de from February 2, 2012 (PDF; 467 kB). Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ↑ Westfalenpost : How the Steinie bottle became cult
- ↑ OLG decides: Koblenz brewery may continue to advertise with the term “Stubbi”. Rhein-Zeitung, January 3, 2013, accessed on January 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Register number: 30172411 . Register of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), August 21, 2013, accessed on August 21, 2013.
- ^ Gary Kirsner: A Brief History of Beer Steins
- ↑ The translation of Steinzeugkrug is given as earthenware beer stein . "Beer stein (/ ˈstaɪn / US dict: stīn), or simply stein, is an English neologism for either traditional beer mugs made out of stoneware."