We all know that the standard capacity of a wine bottle is 750ml. So whether it’s a Bourgogne Wine Bottle, a Bordeaux Wine Bottle or a Mosel Wine Bottle, despite the different shapes, the capacity is still the same. We’re used to 750ml glass bottles, whether it’s wine, beer or liquor. However, whisky glass bottles are usually 700ml, how is that?
After the end of World War II, large-scale standardized production has become the choice of many businesses. As a result, many wines have followed the example of wine and used 750ml as the general bottle capacity, which is exactly 1/5 of the imperial 1 gallon. Now we sometimes hear 1/5 whisky (A Fifth of Whisky), 1/5 rum (A Fifth of Rum), 1/5 vodka (A Fifth of Vodka) and the like, which means 750ml capacity Whiskey, rum and vodka. By 1970, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Canada all introduced 750ml standard wine bottles. However, the United States is very unique, insisting on using 757ml wine bottles, and it was not until 1979 that it was changed to 750ml. Therefore, you will find that the vast majority of whiskies produced in the 1970s and 1980s are generally 750ml in capacity. The average liquor bottle height is 200-300MM. This tradition continues to this day. There is also a part of liquor from 750ml to 700ml, a large part of the reason is because of the increase in price. However, the United States is still very unique and has always insisted on using 750ml bottles, so the standard capacity of whisky bottles in the United States is 750ml.
