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Beer box sizes

A beer box is a six-pack carton for bottles or cans. It is a glued tube of paperboard, and its end flaps fold in and lock into each other as dividers: one wall down the middle and two across, six cells in all, so the bottles do not knock together. The ends close without glue or tape. Breweries, cider and soft drink makers print their own; you may also see it called a six-pack carton, a bottle carton or a beverage carton.

Typical sizes

What goes inLength × width × heightDieline
Six cans, 355 ml 197 × 121 × 133 mm
7.8 × 4.8 × 5.2
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Six bottles, 355 ml 191 × 127 × 218 mm
7.5 × 5.0 × 8.6
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Starting size 200 × 100 × 130 mm
7.9 × 3.9 × 5.1
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Sizes that six-pack cartons are sold in, not a standard. Bottles and cans differ by brand, so measure yours before you order.

How to measure

  • Length: three bottles or cans in a row. Three times the widest point of one, plus 2–3 mm.
  • Width: two bottles or cans deep. Twice the widest point, plus 2–3 mm. It can't be more than the length.
  • Height: the height of one bottle or can, plus 2–3 mm.

Our sizes are crease to crease. The dividers are 50 mm deep at the top and at the bottom, whatever the size, so the box is at least 110 mm tall.

Which board?

Six-pack cartons are made of wet strength paperboard about 0.45–0.5 mm thick (18 pt), which holds up in a fridge. For heavy glass bottles you can go up to E flute corrugated board, 1.5 mm. The only glue is on the side seam; both ends lock by hand. Fill one box and carry it by its top before you order a run: glass is heavy, and the lock has to hold your bottles, not ours.

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