Grolsch - Swing Top

Grolsch - Swing Top • this painting is sold

The Grolsch brewery is a Dutch Brewer founded in 1615 in Groenlo. The town of Groenlo was then known as Grolle, hence the name Grolsch. Grolsch is best known for its 5% abv pale lager. The brewery was first operated by Willem Neerfeldt. Later his son in law, Peter Cuyper, took over. The beer from Groenlo (Grolle) gradually became better known in the surroundings of Groenlo. Through the years the demand for Grolsch beer shifted from a local to national and eventually international level. Today Grolsch exports to about 50 countries.

Grolsch uses a distinctive shape of bottle, known as the beugel.

Bottles of this type use a swing-top cap, eliminating the need for an opener. They can simply be opened by hand. The top used to be made from porcelain, but is now made of plastic; the porcelain ones are still in circulation in the Netherlands. The exported bottles are mostly green. Bottles destined for the home market in the Netherlands are brown. However, sometimes there are different color bottles according to the brew, e.g. the bottle for the blonde lager is yellow. Grolsch is also sold in normal, metal-capped bottles. In the Canadian market, both metal capped green bottles and 500ml cans are available.

In 1998, British pop group 'Bros' sparked a fashion trend by attaching Grolsch bottle caps to their shoes.

If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please email me. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.
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