Beer Bottle Bricks

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Food & Drinks, Home & Garden on April 5, 2008 at 2:23 am


In the 1960s, Heineken got the brilliant idea of making square beer bottles … so that after you’re done drinking the beer, you can use the bottles as bricks!

Made in England by Gentlemen blog has the pics of a wall built out of Heinies: Link


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15 comments to "Beer Bottle Bricks"

  1. jack.wh
    April 5th, 2008 at 5:59 am

    Right...but why would anyone use bottles as building blocks? :P

  2. oezicomix
    April 5th, 2008 at 6:48 am

    because its lego for grownups!! brilliant!

  3. avist
    April 5th, 2008 at 6:58 am

    After you're done drinking, just chuck it at the next person you see - instant entertainment for those boring nights down at the pub!

  4. ted
    April 5th, 2008 at 7:51 am

    Better than smashin em.

  5. liphttam1
    April 5th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    well after drinking that much.... Id be to drunk to buid!

  6. Thomas
    April 5th, 2008 at 9:08 am

    the wall looks awesome. I'd love a wall made of those.

  7. xander
    April 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Yeah, see how the necks fit into the bottoms of the next bottle. Could be some serious fun.

  8. Thespian24601
    April 5th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Gives a whole new meaning to the word "Beeramid." You could build something epic with those. I hope they re-release them just for the hell of it.

  9. CheeseDuck
    April 5th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Lego beer bottles?

  10. Christophe
    April 5th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    I'm selling, among other things, glass blocks. The technical requirements to stack them properly are drastic. I don't see any beer company taking the risk to provide light build glass to inebriated installers. It's a recipe for lawsuits.
    Besides that, it's way cool! ;)

  11. Ali S.
    April 5th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Glass bricks? Whoa...if something caused the glass to break around you the dang glass shards would be like shrapnel. :x

  12. Aeris
    April 5th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    the guy said on the website that he'd wanna live in a beer bottle house. seriously? I mean, beer bottles stink and all that, I don't think the workers on construction sites really wash their bottles...

  13. teachernz
    April 5th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    I remember seeing these on tv (Blue Peter?). I think they were meant to be used in Africa. I a;ways thought they were a great idea and a shame they never caught on. I mentioned them a few weeks ago when discussing this tourist attraction in NZ-
    http://www.nzinfo.com/kawakawa/.

  14. MoonCake
    April 6th, 2008 at 8:20 am

    yea this is BITCHIN idea! why the hell hasn't it caught on? all bottle producers should do this, plastic included. it would really cut down on waste in a huge way. you could build entire communities out of recycled bottles. and they would be washed out, of course. it doesn't take days to wash a bottle after it's been used, just rinse it once empty. simple. yea it would suck if the glass bottles broke, but you could easily filly them with a kind of cement. then they would REALLY be bricks. but seriously- if anyone owns a brewery in here, please consider taking on this fantastic idea!

  15. Adrianna
    April 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    I want a fence made of beer bottles. Check this out!

    http://www6.worldisround.com/photos/19/409/66.jpg


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