A look at the history of Schlitz beer: 1849: German immigrant August Krug opens a small restaurant ... 1912: Schlitz bottles its beer in brown bottles, marking the first time a brewer does so.

they reuse bottles to be environmentally friendly, and that's helped fuel the shortage for German beer bottles. The higher temperatures mean more people are drinking beer, and because of that ...

German breweries are warning there could be a shortage of beer bottles this summer amid rising production costs and a shortage of lorry drivers. The situation is "extremely tense", the chief ...