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Types of Bottles & Jars - A Quick FAQ A picture showing different types of bottles, including Boston Round, Sauce, Fluted, Bullet, Beer, Carafe, MOdern Round, Cylinder, Jug & Decanter styles

Packaging comes in a huge assortment of styles and choosing the right style for your product is important. You want your packaging to make a statement. In this post, we are going to review the more popular styles of bottles and jars to give you a better insight into the world of packaging.

Round Bottles

Round bottles can be a vague description, but when we refer to bottles as Boston rounds, Imperial rounds or Modern rounds we can greatly reduce the number of returns we get on a search.

Round Bottle Styles

Boston round bottles have a round cylindrical shape with short curved shoulders. These bottles are a very popular style as they are great for a variety of uses: aromatherapy, apothecary, and medicinal; and everything in between. A fluted Boston round bottle is similar to a regular Boston round, but has gradually tapered shoulders versus the short curved shoulders of a standard Boston round.

Sauce bottles, carafes, and decanters can be used interchangeably for sauces, beverages, and syrups. They can come with a continuous thread or lug finish, which makes them great for use in the kitchen. The primary difference between a sauce bottle and a decanter is that a sauce bottle tends to have an indented label panel; and decanters are more decorative and are specifically made for liquor or wine.

Bullet bottles, also commonly known as Imperial rounds or Cosmo rounds, are tall narrow bottles with gradually sloped shoulders. The difference between the three styles really comes down to which manufacturer made the bottles. Bullet bottles are usually made of plastic and due to their slim and stylish look, are great for a multitude of uses.

Cylinder bottles are tall and narrow, like Bullet bottles, but have squared off shoulders and straight sides. Also like Bullet bottles, they tend to come in plastic.

Jugs can come in glass or plastic, and in either case, always have a handle for ease of use. Great for bulk products or beverages, the bottle’s large capacity makes them ideal for a number of purposes.

Round Jars

Like bottles, there are many types of jars that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Round jars are among the most common and are used to fill a wide range of product packaging needs.

Round jar styles

If you’re looking for canning jars or need preserving jars to store fruits and vegetables then paragon and economy glass jars are potentially great fits. Paragon jars are usually tall and narrow, whereas economy jars can vary slightly in shape and tend to have a slight shoulder; unless they are wide mouth jars as pictured above. Those jars can be paired with either a continuous thread finish or a lug finish.

Double wall jars are plastic jars that have an inner and outer wall. They tend to give an appearance of larger volume and also tend to protect the contents of the jar due to the dual walls.

Spice jars can come in glass or plastic and though they can be square, round or unique with an area specific for a label, they almost always come with a finish fit for snap on fitments.

Wine Bottles

wine bottles

Claret bottles tend to have a short neck, short shoulder, and a long body; and are also commonly known as Bordeaux bottles. These bottles are good for red wines and blends such as Cabernet Francs, Cabernet Sauvignons, Malbecs, Merlots and Petit Verdot.

Burgundy bottles, which are ideal for Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, have a short neck, long sloping shoulder and short body. The difference between the Burgundy bottles, Hock bottles and your traditional Champagne bottles is the body of the bottle itself. Champagne bottles have a wider body than Burgundy bottles, while Hock bottles tend to have a more slender body.

While both Claret and Burgundy bottles were typically found with cork finishes, they can now also be found with continuous thread or Stelvin finishes.

You can also find stylish liquor bottles that don’t necessarily fall into a wine bottle grouping, and because of their uniqueness, they are classified as liquor or decorative bottles.

As you can see, there are endless shapes and styles of bottles and jars with new molds and designs being made every day. This post can help give you at least an idea as to what the various shapes, styles, and sizes of jars and bottles are and how you can tell them apart.

Please feel free to email us, or call us at (855) 754-3728 if you should ever need assistance with choosing the correct product for your specific needs. 


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