Handle bottles are a special kind of beverage bottles, which possess a porcelain catch with rubber band seal instead of a crown cork. This porcelain "head" is fastened with a metal handle to the bottle, so that one can open the bottle by the pressing of the handle by means of lever force. For sealing a round rubber band, about 2 mm strongly and about 20 mm in the diameter on the porcelain head, is which is renewed on refilling these Bierflaschen put on as returnable bottles.

The advantage of the handle bottle is in it that it is again lockable without bottle openers to open and in addition, the disadvantage in clearly higher costs of acquisition, filling and cleaning. Up to introduction of the crown cork beer in bottles with was driven out, to its invention 1877 again replaced at the end 19. Century the cork and rubber tap (partial with thread). The screw-type cap could not become generally accepted at least in Europe for Bierflaschen. In many European countries however again-lockable Bierflaschen with Kronkorken do not rank to the turning off (a half turn is usually enough) among the standard.

Typically when opening one with beer filled handle bottle is the "Plopp" - noise.

The usually-drunk handle bottle beer in Northern Germany is the Flensburger Pilsener, with large distance follows after place 2 Detmolder Pilsener. Specially than Beugelbuddelbeer that is applied Dithmar Pilsener.

One Renaissance experiences the handle bottle since the 80's-years particularly by the Werner Comic, in which it is used above all frequently and the Plopp noise when opening attained a new cult status. In the meantime are handle bottles already again in such a way like that some breweries sell even lemonade in handle bottles.

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