ELI5%3A%20Why is the packaging of alcoholic beverages so fragile?

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There’s this trend currently on Instagram where videos of glass bottles & jars with alcoholic & food content is rolled over staircases & the visuals of the container breaking is somewhat satisfying/engaging. My observation is that bottles containing alcoholic beverages in particular are fragile & break easily during this exercise as compared to those containing foodstuffs or other items. Any insight as to why this happens?

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Many wines can be left to age. They need to be stored in a container that won’t be affected by the water/ethanol mix, which is a pretty good solvent. This limits you really to glass as plastic isn’t an option. The thicker the glass is, the heavier it becomes, which increases production and transportation costs.

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