High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A coaster, or beermat, is a mat used to rest glasses of beer upon. Public houses usually will have them spread out across the tables. They are used not just to protect the surface of the table, but, as they are usually made out of paper, they can also be used to absorb condensation dripping along the glass or serve as an ad-hoc notepad. Beermats are often branded with alcohol advertising. Beermats are not to be confused with bar mats, rectangular pieces of rubber or toweling material used to protect the counter top and soak up spilled drinks in a bar or pub. In 1880, the first beermats made of cardboard were introduced by the German printing company, Friedrich Horn. In 1892, Robert Sputh of Dresden manufactured the first beermat made of wood pulp.Watney brewery introduced them to the United Kingdom in 1920 to advertise their pale ale.The packaging company Quarmby Promotions, established in 1872, began manufacturing beermats in Milnsbridge in 1931. After it was taken over by the Katz Group, it moved production to Brighouse and in 2006 to Morley, West Yorkshire, before closing its production in 2009.

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