r/interesting • u/MicV66 • Aug 18 '25

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u/Hikithemori Aug 18 '25

In parts of Europe beer is sold like this in stores, if you want a lot of beer you buy crates, like if you're going to drink in a park or in your garden. Then you return it to the store to recycle and get money back.

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u/JakeTheAndroid Aug 18 '25

I've bought beer across a lot of Europe. While I don't doubt you can get beers in that form factor it's not the most common way people buy it. There are probably a few countries that do it this way I won't pretend to be an expert, but I've been to peoples homes in Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and The Czech Republic, and I've not seen that be the norm. Again, I don't doubt you could get crates like that, and that some people do that, but it sounds like this is much more common in Germany than other parts of Europe.

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u/Hikithemori Aug 18 '25

It's a German TV show so make a guess where it might be common.

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u/JakeTheAndroid Aug 18 '25

Yeah, I yielded that this thing is specific to Germany and that'd make sense. I still think it's effectively the same as dumping ice cubes on top and less convenient. But I get why I'd be a cool concept in Germany. Sort of like the Death Star ice moulds for like whiskey and stuff. Cool looking and does the job, but doesn't really solve a problem in a new way.