Paperboard bottle carrier with handle

A bottle carrier formed from a folded unitary paperboard blank and a paperboard handle, said blank being generally rectangular and having a fold line dividing said blank into upper and lower generally rectangular sections, said upper section having a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings, said bottom section having a like number of openings and being homologously arranged so that upon folding said blank about said fold line and overlapping said upper and lower sections said upper and said lower section openings are pairwise aligned, said upper section openings each having a plurality of cut lines extending through said paperboard and extending radially outwardly from each said upper section opening to thereby define a plurality of radially extending fingers for each said opening, a microcut line substantially transversely intersecting each of said radially extending fingers, each said microcut line extending from said top surface of said upper section towards said bottom surface of said upper section, said upper section having an elongated opening substantially centrally thereof, a handle having a portion sandwiched between said upper and lower sections, said handle having a flexible strip, said flexible strip located within said substantially central opening in said upper section so as to be accessible from said upper section.