Not since they invented the funnel top shape on beer bottles.
That was so the Irish could tilt and pour while drunk without missing their
mouth.
I was astonished when I saw rail cars with high fencing like we used on the hay wagons so we could stack the bales high when collecting them in the fields, except these rail cars were full of empty beer kegs stacked to the top.
Most people in Europe drink to relax, in Ireland they drink to get drunk.
I absolutely Love Ireland!
A morning walk in Dublin reveals the most popular drinking establishments as the bars set their empty kegs on the sidewalks for pickup. I asked why there were no kegs on the sidewalk at the busy Temple bar. They explained that they had a tractor trailer in back for empty kegs!