Producing holes in glass containers

A method of manufacturing a glass container, comprising:

• providing a glass container that includes a base and a body extending away from the base along a longitudinal container axis, the base of the container including a wall;
• and
• cutting a hole in the base of the container by directing a pressurized jet of water at the base to thereby fluidly separate glass material from the wall and form the hole, wherein the hole extends through the wall of the base, along a hole passage axis, between an interior surface of the wall and an exterior surface of the wall;
• and
• shielding an inner surface of the glass container from at least a portion of the jet of water that passes through the wall of the base and into an inside of the container during cutting of the hole.

A method comprising:

• providing a glass container that extends along and is centered about a longitudinal container axis, the glass container including a base, a body extending away from the base along the longitudinal container axis, a shoulder extending away from the body, and a neck extending away from the shoulder and terminating in a neck finish having an open mouth, the base of the container including a wall that has an interior surface within the container and an exterior surface outside of the container;
• cutting a hole in the wall of the base of the container, the hole extending fully through the wall from the interior surface of the wall to the exterior surface of the wall;
• inserting a deformable blow-out plug into the hole to fluidly seal the hole;
• introducing a liquid beverage into the container through the open mouth of the neck finish;
• coupling a closure to the neck finish of the neck of the container to close the container and provide a pressurizable package;
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• internally pressurizing the package by introducing a pressurizing gas into the package and raising an internal pressure of the package while the deformable blow-out plug remains in the hole of the wall of the base of the container.

A method comprising:

• providing a glass container that extends along and is centered about a longitudinal container axis, the glass container including a base opposite an open mouth of the container and a body extending away from the base along the longitudinal container axis, the base of the container including a wall that has an interior surface within the container and an exterior surface outside of the container, and wherein the wall of the base of the container defines a hole that extends fully through the wall from the interior surface of the wall to the exterior surface of the wall;
• inserting a deformable blow-out plug into the hole to fluidly seal the hole;
• introducing a liquid beverage into the container through the open mouth of the container;
• and
• carbonating the liquid beverage in the container by introducing carbon dioxide into the liquid beverage while the deformable blow-out plug remains in the hole of the wall of the base of the container, the deformable blow-out plug being configured to deform and be forced through the hole to vent the container at an internal pressure of the container that is less than a pressure at which the container will burst.