341 ml "Schooner Beer" stubby bottle
Datec. 1985
DimensionsOverall (H x D): 16.7 x 6.8 cm
Credit LineGift of Labatt Brewing Company Limited, 2010
Object number2010.011.3726
Label TextLabatt began to acquire breweries across Canada beginning in the 1950s. This included Nova Scotia’s Oland & Sons in 1971 (Schooner). Labatt also opened facilities in Montreal in 1956 and Edmonton in 1977. Labatt had facilities in almost every province in Canada. This is a “stubby.” Canadian brewers used this style of bottle between 1962 and 1983 because it was economical. Easier to ship, stack, and store, the stubby could also be washed and reused up to 20 times. When brewers switched to the American longneck bottle in the 1980s, many Canadians mourned the loss of this piece of Canadiana.
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c. 1985
