50ml Glass Liquor Bottles

A 50ml glass bottle is the industry-standard miniature and the format most buyers ask for as a pre-shipment sample. This page covers the 50ml format we supply: the table below lists the 5 variants we currently stock or have recently run, in amber, blue, cobalt, green and matte-black glass, with matte, frosted, high-gloss or spray-coated finishes available on request.

What 50ml is used for

Airline minibars, hotel amenity kits and gift sets are the classic homes for the 50ml. It is also the sample bottle you send a distributor before they commit to a container: at this size the cost of a trial run is low and the bottle fits a standard mailer. Bitters, premium spirits and cream liqueurs all ship in 50ml as tasting or gifting formats, and many private-label programs start here because the decoration reads as a complete, finished product rather than a blank mini.

Closure, neck finish and caps

At 50ml the neck is almost always a screw finish - 18 mm or 20 mm - rather than a cork. Buyers choose screw caps because the bottle is opened once and consumed, so resealability matters less than leak-proof transport through a courier network. Tamper-evident bands are common on gift and amenity versions.

Packing and freight

Around 96 bottles fit a single export carton at this size. On a standard 1200 x 1000 mm pallet that is roughly 36 cartons, about 3456 bottles per stack - a figure that makes 50ml surprisingly dense to ship and explains why it is competitive even at a higher per-unit glass cost. Confirm the exact carton spec before booking, as divider type changes the count.

Choosing colour and finish

Colour does real work at 50ml: amber and cobalt filter UV and protect bitters or fortified liqueurs on a bright retail shelf, while clear glass lets a coloured liquid sell itself. Matte black reads as a premium gift format. Because the panel is small, keep branding to one clean emboss or a single label face.

Decoration and customisation

Embossing at 50ml needs a shallower relief than a 750ml bottle to stay crisp, and spray coating is the most cost-effective way to get a non-standard colour without a furnace campaign. At 50ml a single colour spray or a shallow emboss is usually enough to make the bottle look bespoke without committing to a furnace run.

Lead time, MOQ and sampling

MOQ is 3000 pieces, driven by the furnace minimum run rather than the bottle size. Lead time depends on order quantity; decoration and custom colour add to this. Because the furnace minimum run is fixed, small bottles carry a higher per-unit MOQ than large ones. Samples in the standard finishes ship from stock, while custom colour or embossing need a pre-production sample before the bulk run. For a non-standard colour we run a furnace campaign rather than a coating, so it needs a volume commitment and adds roughly two weeks to the first order - spray coating is the lower-volume alternative.

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Every 50ml Glass Liquor Bottles variant

1 variants share this mould. Only colour, surface finish, minimum order quantity and lead time change:

Frequently asked questions

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