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===Bottles and Corkscrews=== | ===Bottles and Corkscrews=== | ||
[[File:Bottle.jpg|thumb|left|An old bottle with a red stripe indicating krieklambiek]] | |||
Lambic bottles are thick walled, reinforced, Champagne style bottles. In fact, some some brewers actually used emptied Champagne bottles from France in the early days of bottling.<ref name="Guinard">Jean-Xavier Guinard, [[Books#Classic Beer Styles: Lambic|Classic Beer Styles: Lambic]], 1990</ref> The bottles are often green or brown in color and typically ranged from 70cl to 80cl, though the standard today is 75cl. Smaller 37,5cl half-bottles are also common. Some breweries, including [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]] and [[Brouwerij_Timmermans|Timmermans]] have also used smaller 25cl bottles. Before labeling became prevalent, brewers and blenders used a white painted strip across the bottle to indicate geuze, and a red painted stripe to indicate kriek. | Lambic bottles are thick walled, reinforced, Champagne style bottles. In fact, some some brewers actually used emptied Champagne bottles from France in the early days of bottling.<ref name="Guinard">Jean-Xavier Guinard, [[Books#Classic Beer Styles: Lambic|Classic Beer Styles: Lambic]], 1990</ref> The bottles are often green or brown in color and typically ranged from 70cl to 80cl, though the standard today is 75cl. Smaller 37,5cl half-bottles are also common. Some breweries, including [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]] and [[Brouwerij_Timmermans|Timmermans]] have also used smaller 25cl bottles. Before labeling became prevalent, brewers and blenders used a white painted strip across the bottle to indicate geuze, and a red painted stripe to indicate kriek. | ||