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Stubbie
The stubbie shaped beer bottle was used heavily in the 1930s all the way through to 60s. The bottle was short, round and had almost no neck. A ring often embossed around the mid-shoulder area to possibly act as a fill marker. The shape and the thick glass of stubbies allowed for more durable bottles that could save space, survive transportation and be reused a number of times. The stubbie beer bottle style can still be seen in use today in a few import brands and in Canada.
Steinie
A competing bottle style of the 50s was the steinie. It was an eleven to twelve ounce bottle that was also short and stocky, but had a more pronounced neck. The neck had a bulge in it that created a kind of "stepping up" appearance and a straight boxed style body. It first appeared in the mid 1930s and was an attempt to mimic taller bottle styles of export beers. It became less used by the late 50s as the stubbie shaped bottle became more popular.
Full Quart Bottles
Full quart sized bottles were available in both stubbie and steinie shapes. The full quart stubbie has a longer neck than the regular stubbie but still had a rounded body shape. It was also produced mainly in a darker red shade. The steinie full quart bottle had the same neck bulge of the regular steinie but a more rounded body shape.
Narrow Ring
The narrow ringed bottles of the 1950s is what a typical beer bottle looks like today. The only exception was that the export bottle of the 50s had a thin ring around the bottom of the the neck. The export beer bottle is taller and thinner than the stubbie and steinie bottles and came in two sizes, twelve ounce or twenty-two ounce bottle.