Bottled beer only started to be a thing in the 19th century. However, brewers soon realised UV rays from the sun proved problematic for beer in a clear glass.

Ardagh Glass Packaging-North America (AGP-North America), an operating business of Ardagh Group, introduced two new 12oz glass bottles to complete its Peak bottle collection.

You've probably noticed the glass bottles used for beer are often brown or green glass. That's thanks to a chemical reaction no beer lover likes: skunking.

When bottled beer first became a thing in the 19th century, beer was stored in clear glass bottles. However when the sun shone on these bottles, the beer would begin to smell bad.

That changed and much of the credit is given to Jester King in Austin, Texas, when in 2016, they began packaging some of their mainstay beers in green glass bottles for sale in their tasting room.

Overall, only 24 percent of glass ends up recycled in the 40 states that don’t have bottle deposit systems (it’s a sunnier 63 percent in the 10 states that do).

Ardagh Glass Packaging Europe (AGP Europe) has launched a new 300g lightweight glass wine bottle, seeking to combine ...

That changed and much of the credit is given to Jester King in Austin, Texas, when in 2016, they began packaging some of their mainstay beers in green glass bottles for sale in their tasting room.