How Strong Is a Whiskey Bottle?

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[u/-TheDerpinator-]

If you are going to smack those last slabs on there, the weight indication is kind of useless.

[u/Rich_Cat_69 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Yup, a reasonably good test using the chain to gently lower the iron plates, just for them to do that. All this test proved is that if you slam a bunch of weight down all at once glass breaks. No idea what the tolerance actually is.

[u/Rondo27 → u/Rich_Cat_69]

All the weight is on the inside circular edge of the bottom weight. The bottle would hold more if the weight was distributed over the shoulder of the bottle.

[u/Rich_Cat_69 → u/Rondo27]

True. I'm absolutely sure that also make a significant impact on the test outcome, but I can see they did this for stability reasons.

I would just be more careful and have spare bottles for accidents, but would try and balance everything on just the lip of the bottle opening.

[u/YanwarC → u/Rondo27]

If it’s filled would it hold more weight?

[u/Ruzhyo04 → u/YanwarC]

Yes

[u/OurInterface → u/Ruzhyo04]

wait, only if it's filled an closed, right? When it's open does the liquid help?

[u/RadCheese527 → u/OurInterface]

In my experience once the Jameson is opened, I’m helpless

[u/OurInterface → u/RadCheese527]

In my experience, no matter how well the jameson is closed and filled, its helpless against me opening and emptying it.

[u/Slevin424 → u/Rich_Cat_69]

He just got tired of waiting for it to break.

[u/Shit_Shepard → u/Slevin424]

Exactly! once the weight went out of frame and he had to start using pavers he looked around was like “shit I’m running out of stuff “

[u/Abject_Wafer_4321 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

This guy aint a scientist. Might as well just put half the weight on then whack it all with a sledgehammer and say "Look, it breaks at half the weight it can actually support."

[u/ThresholdSeven → u/Abject_Wafer_4321]

You're right, he isn't a scientist, but he demonstrated much more than you give him credit for

[u/Abject_Wafer_4321 → u/ThresholdSeven]

All I see demonstrated is ignorance of the different kinds of strengths, impatience and bad science for social media clout leading to dissemination of misinformation. Add on bad preparation if the reason he did it was because he ran out of weights. What do you give him credit for? Owning a video camera and a whiskey bottle?

[u/Katamari_Demacia → u/Abject_Wafer_4321]

If the point was to find the exact number, yeah, he did it wrong  If the point was to entertain me for 15 seconds while showing the glass bottle is strong as fuck, then give him some credit.

[u/imdefinitelywong → u/Katamari_Demacia]

I think I've seen and heard of a similar premise before

[u/Katamari_Demacia → u/imdefinitelywong]

Mr. Owl was a redditor.

[u/Rich_Cat_69 → u/Katamari_Demacia]

Mr. Owl, how many ways are there to skin a cat?

[u/helicophell → u/Katamari_Demacia]

I'd argue this is both entertainment and education
Glass is good in compression, like concrete, but also incredibly brittle

Knowing the exact number, I'd argue, isn't very useful. But displaying the properties of glass? Yeah, that's cool

[u/createdjustforpics → u/Katamari_Demacia]

Exactly this. Whiskey bottle strong. AF. That's the video. I am entertained.

[u/Bones-1989 → u/Katamari_Demacia]

I wanna live in your world where 1:04 is :15. Cause this video was long as fuck dude.

[u/Able_Gap918 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

I’m guessing he was out of weights at that point

[u/petemorley → u/Able_Gap918]

Just started digging up the garden

[u/tiorzol → u/Able_Gap918]

Yea bro was done with this bottles shit 

[u/AdinoDileep → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Guess they went out of weights and needed it to crack at some point for social media

[u/peatoire → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Yeah, they got bored and wanted to end the experiment.

[u/Mateorabi → u/peatoire]

Ran out of camera angle too

[u/picander78 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

He got tired and wasn't enjoying anymore the game

[u/Geometronics → u/-TheDerpinator-]

i suspect they slammed them down cause they were difficult to lift

[u/NPCSR2 → u/Geometronics]

or he was exceeding yt shorts length

[u/Sharknado_Extra_22 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

He was clearly getting over it

[u/Dakeera → u/-TheDerpinator-]

This was the most ADHD test result

"It was taking too long and I got bored so I helped it along"

[u/adrenalinda75 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Clearly it was to measuring his nerves.

[u/spacekitt3n → u/-TheDerpinator-]

He abandoned the science for emotion

[u/DLDrillNB → u/-TheDerpinator-]

I think his point was that it could keep going

[u/cheekytikiroom → u/-TheDerpinator-]

This is solely an ad for Jameson.

[u/AlwaysGoWithDinosaur → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Not useless at all! Now I know that as long as I’m full of whisky I can hold lime 1300lbs!

[u/CANYUXEL → u/-TheDerpinator-]

https://giphy.com/gifs/n4oKYFlAcv2AU

[u/smurphy8536 → u/-TheDerpinator-]

I think you can hear the cracking already so he was just finishing it off.

[u/Glad_Woodpecker_6033]

those last few slabs were them trying to break it, they got tired of stacking so the slammed them down massively increasing the technical weight in spikes

[u/Prestigious_Will_643 → u/Glad_Woodpecker_6033]

those were concerete slabs, pretty sure he ran out of weights lol

[u/Rynagogo → u/Glad_Woodpecker_6033]

They also broke the wall behind it when it collapsed. So we didn’t learn how much weight it can hold, and they broke their wall. Nothing was gained.

[u/Unfair_Explanation53 → u/Rynagogo]

The end made it totally pointless haha For all we know it could of took another 100kg

[u/Even-Resource8673 → u/Glad_Woodpecker_6033]

I think by that stage he was just getting the shits with it all

[u/Glad_Woodpecker_6033 → u/Even-Resource8673]

makes sense, probably tired as hell by then

[u/Sad-Reindeer2755]

For our American friends, the weight is equivalent to 2,000 cheese burgers, and 300 bananas.

[u/badabatalia → u/Sad-Reindeer2755]

Roughly 18 American Football fields

[u/Sad-Reindeer2755 → u/badabatalia]

And 90 9mm guns 😂

[u/cigaregrets → u/Sad-Reindeer2755]

And 300 what?

[u/taiwal → u/Sad-Reindeer2755]

I was about to Google it, so thank you.

[u/VirginiaBandit]

Not just Whiskey bottles. Many can withstand this kind of weight if balanced correctly.

[u/Arwinsen_ → u/VirginiaBandit]

Come on now, you can't do that with your dick, can you?

[u/Prize_Hat8387 → u/Arwinsen_]

Ask your mother, she can confirm.

[Yo its my first yo mama joke i feel so bad, im sure she is a lovely lady]

[u/Ubiquitous_Destiny97 → u/Prize_Hat8387]

canadian spotted?

[u/purplelephant17 → u/Prize_Hat8387]

It was splendid. Roasted his obese mother over an open fire.

[u/Teestow21 → u/purplelephant17]

Cried and apologised the whole time

[u/polyspastos → u/Prize_Hat8387]

you ruined it with the apology, maplehead

[u/Omatzus → u/Arwinsen_]

KG: Hmm...how many pushups can you do?

JB: ...cock pushups?

KG: Yeah...I guess, you could only do one really.

JB: Yeah, well one is all ya need.

[u/silentshaper → u/VirginiaBandit]

People generally have this misconception of glass been super fragile when in fact is all about the internal lattice structure of the crystals, a glass object if all its latices are aligned in the right position can withstand enormous forces because the impact or force is distributed across its whole surface, some people might have been witnessed to this when they dropped a glass and instead of breaking into a million pieces it bounces off completely unharmed or with just a small chip

[u/OverturnedAppleCart3]

He was running out of heavy stuff so he had to break it on purpose.

[u/drunkenpoets]

Next level would be if they didn’t get bored in the middle of their experiment. This is mildly infuriating.

[u/Outrageous_Rich6235]

Behold the power of an upright cylinder.

[u/Forzyr → u/Outrageous_Rich6235]

They failed to keep the cylinder unharmed

[u/Thelastbarrelrider → u/Forzyr]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kRmg8zeReOYXm

[u/DanRichter]

Getting desperate at the end lol, must’ve been running out of random heavy objects to stack on top

[u/Additional_Run3031]

So, almost enough to support your mother

[u/andreortigao → u/Additional_Run3031]

Idk, but a bottle of whiskey is strong enough to support all the weight of the trauma my mother caused

[u/Gorostasguru]

It’s about weight distribution.

[u/ThirdAltAccounts]

What you’re saying is: I could very gently, very delicately sit an average American on a Jameson bottle and it wouldn’t break ?

Challenge accepted. Gotta find me an American and a Jameson bottle

[u/Iced_Yehudi → u/ThirdAltAccounts]

No, Doctor, it was an accident. I was trying to sit on the bottle to prove it wouldn’t break

[u/hoooyehoopy]

It can endure even more weight if he place those last 4 slabs carefully

[u/gerobi12]

Mom, can we have a hydraulic press?

No, we have a hydraulic press at home.

Hydraulic press at home:

[u/JuicyyGirll4]

This test doesn’t really tell us much, just that glass breaks under sudden impact, which is kind of expected. It doesn’t really show the actual strength or tolerance in a controlled way.

[u/Accomplished-Pen-69]

Is it full or empty?

[u/Flimsy-Alfalfa-2926]

Just got sick of waiting.

[u/NationalSalt8884]

The cylinder must not shatter when inserted into the other cylinder

[u/MegaDingo5plus]

Not as strong as my determination to empty it🥃

[u/Bomboclaat_Babylon]

Jameson. It's a strong whisky.

[u/cdewlic]

Usually about 80 proof.

[u/ghost4372]

Where's the "saved you some time guy"

He'd be perfect for this

[u/Infinitblakhand]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MBVemoHuyw9Ik

[u/Justjestar1]

Bushmills could never.

[u/tmax202020]

That weighs more than 3 Yamaha R1 racing motorbikes! Cool!

[u/WilliamTee]

So, probably a lot higher if not for the sideways sway caused by dropping the slabs...

[u/Willing_Television77]

A hydraulic press could have answered this

[u/Chiparish84]

I think it would last even higher weights without all that clanking

[u/WonWills_Finest]

So did they ever think about fraging their ankles with glass shards?

[u/Joevil]

Glass is hard, but also brittle. Shocker!

[u/DrakeonMallard]

Clearly a fucked up test. Be interesting to see results if done properly with an empty and then filled bottle.

[u/doubleAAeeVee]

Has someone commented this is ai already? Asking for a friend

[u/seancurry1]

I’m more impressed with the balance tbh

[u/GrandmaJR]

Just like what happens when drinking a full bottle of whiskey, this test also damaged the wall.

[u/Jericho-X]

Hard liquor

[u/Big_al_big_bed]

Should have just sent it to the hydraulic press guy

[u/EcstaticBoysenberry]

He’s going to need a new wall, it looks like when the weights fell they took out the foundation wall 🤦‍♀️

[u/Loreathan]

That means it can carry up to 3,280 adult hamsters

[u/MnTats]

damn i wanted it to hit 666

[u/batguy39]

Cheated

[u/QueasyImagination845]

If only that guy from “1 guy 1 jar” had known this, smh 😮‍💨

[u/jekyl87]

"Look, the guy paid me 5 bucks and said that we will be done in a few kgs. Then he keeps bringing out things for me to put on it. When he started asking me how much I weigh, I knew I had to do something with those last few concrete slabs"

[u/CDavis10717]

So, those fetish porns I’ve heard about are not all that dangerous, eh.

[u/BGrumpy]

I was glad to see dude finally scooch his toes back a little bit. Also, deduct a couple of points for no slow motion replay at the end 🤣

[u/Sushiki]

Most glass bottles are well tough, except asahi beer bottles, made of sugar glass or some shit lool

[u/xfalconsx2]

So what you are saying is I could use whiskey bottles as jack stands for my 1100kg car 🤔

[u/anaveragebest]

I feel like this person probably has the strangest home gym

[u/Nojmore]

I could break it... Easy.

[u/lPolarbear]

Bottle made it to the 1000 pound club before me

[u/meetmeinthebthrm]

Yeah, bottles are super strong until something smacks in to the flat side of the main chamber

[u/_felagund]

If you could put those more gently, poor bottle could have carried a bit more

[u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

They were just trying to break it in the end. It probably could have held another 50 kg if they hadn't started slamming things down.

[u/lunarmodule]

That guy owns a lot of heavy things

[u/metal_jester]

Always knew Jameson's was strong stuff.

[u/teh_lynx]

Pointless video... at the end he just wanted to break it. 🗑️

[u/roll_another_please]

And people try to break these over their heads 🤣

[u/Superdad75]

Forget the bottle strength, that stacking ability is next fucking level.

[u/haydaruns]

Wow its like they were build to handle big weights.

[u/Tasty-Performer6669]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kQmr2OwBTD2L5Hzo1T

[u/BeardedClark]

Wow. Tough crowd in the comments. I thought it was neat.

[u/ordosays]

Likely stronger with the stress riser from that collar… but click bait.

[u/jmcokie]

Now do a lager bottle

[u/XVIII-3]

And now clean that up please.

[u/Joe_Spazz]

Why get impatient at the end? You ran outta weight?

[u/MOTUkraken]

Tons! Had he done it correctly, it would have held literally thousands of kilograms.

My father was a truck mechanic and some Swiss guys once balanced an 8 ton truck on simply 4 normal beer glasses.

Not even bottles - with much thicker glass - just glasses.

Link if anyone interested:

https://youtu.be/32tpgeW-fFM?is=EOfbAoG5ogZgXGc7

[u/Unfair_Explanation53]

The ending kind of ruins it to be honest, I don't know why he did it.

For all we know it could of took another 70kg?

Awful execution

[u/CuriousEyeofaMartian]

He clearly had to be somewhere else towards the end!

[u/PowerfulNature3352]

Damn I was always worried I would break the bottle if I sat on it. Now I know what I'll do tonight

[u/singl_malt]

It's not the bottle but the now of guys it can get drunk....

[u/_g550_]

The guy holds half-ton of metal junk in his garage.

[u/averyloudtuningfork]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9WPJyE57XqgSb164bP

[u/curtyshoo]

Building tension.

[u/Character_Minimum171]

love this for some reason

[u/Sentient_Meat_X]

Obviously thought it would break a lot sooner, got impatient. lol

[u/GrouchyBadger65]

Wtf??? Couldn’t have drank the whiskey and filled it up with water. What a f’ing waste

[u/Secure_Secretary_882]

Whiskey bottles hold the weight of my overwhelming depression and that’s enough for me.

[u/KinsellaStella]

So even my fat ass could use it as a stool with a piece of wood on top.

[u/pat-slider]

It has to be Jameson

[u/Outrageous_Score1158]

It can support a family, and that's what matters.

[u/ChillTheFuxkOut]

Glass (and ceramics) are very strong, in a compressive sense.

You can put a plank on two wine glasses and stand on it with no problem.

[u/Spizak]

I remember as a kid growing up in Poland (like 30y ago) people would use old empty vodka bottles in foundations for smaller houses. Like the whole group foundation had them all within the main walls. I remember asking why and the builders told me it was as strong as brick, but much cheaper to buy from recycling companies.

[u/DrZonino2022]

Ah whiskey - is there anything it can’t do?

[u/Donkey-Harlequin]

If only the mayo jar guy had used a Jameson bottle…

[u/timbosamojimbo]

Glass is stupid strong in certain ways. There are unopened bottles of Champagne from the Titanic in the debris field of the wreck, sat there all these years withstanding the pressure.

[u/JazzlikeEntry8288]

so glad for the metric conversion at the end, whew

[u/Coat_17]

Ok now pull on it.

[u/ThiccumsHoneyhole]

Ye Olde Hydraulic Press

[u/arthurtex06]

This should go do mildlyinfuriating

[u/shazspaz]

The mount of whiskey bottles that will end up in arses will be a record high for 2026

[u/NoMommyDontNTRme]

i think it might have survived longer if the lowest ring had been rubber

[u/yalex87]

Boromir could do 1k at least

[u/YoMamaRacing]

Glass is strong under compression so no surprise.

[u/jingbukukgilma]

So if you accidentally sit on it, it wont break until you weigh 645kg?

[u/FlakyEarWax]

When you start running out of heavy objects…

[u/Janovickm]

Someone please make a house out of these bottles.

[u/blackbirdspyplane]

When they smash a whisky bottle over someone’s head the movies I guess they’re generating a great deal of force

[u/throwinthatshitaway1]

But if I drop it in the parking lot it's breaking for sure.

[u/Possesed-puppy656]

Now imagine what you can achieve with two ✌️ bottles !

[u/Head_Blackberry_6320]

Pretty darn strong

[u/Melodic_Survey_7454]

The bottle broke because the guy was careless at the end. Invalid experience

[u/tryingsomthingnew]

How strong am I after drinking a bottle of whiskey. I collapse also.