Promotional Coasters – Facts & Trivia

We have all become accustomed to seeing Promotional Coasters if Pubs, Taverns, & Clubs.

Coasters do have an interesting History, find below some of the fact and trivia related to the Coaster

• Coasters were originally placed on top of the glass, not under it, this was to keep dirt and insects out
• Coaster beer mat board is 100% recyclable
• Coasters are one of the oldest promotional tool known to man
• People write their bar bill on the Coaster in many European Countries
• Coasters were originally made of “Felt” Coaster Beer Mat Board was developed as a hygienic alternative
• Coasters were first plated in 1882 by a German called Robert Sputh
• A Coaster collector is called a “Tegestologist”
• Morecambe and Wise were the first Presidents of the British Beermat Coaster Collectors Society in 1960
• The record for Coaster beer-mat throwing stands at 38.26 meters (125.5 feet), while the highest Coaster beer-mat tower, created from more than 40,000 Coasters, stood proud at 9.70 meters.
• Leo Pisker, an Austrian, has an extensive collection of some 150,000 Coasters from around the world.