Bobo
Senior Member
Is 56p a good price for a 1 pint bottle??
bottle prices
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That depends, things to look for in bottles:
Brown in colour (to prevent skunking, which is an off flavour from hops not liking sunlight)
Quite thick glass (heavy bottles) - They will be handling a fair amount of pressure - particularly if you'll be going for a fizz in lagers.
I've always thought that it's a shame to buy empty bottles for a couple of reasons, loads get thrown into recycling by your neighbours and for not much more you can get them full of beer from the shop.
Having said that 40 bottles at that price is £22.40 and you get to use them again and again and again.
I'd have a wander down the road on recycling day to see what folk are throwing out, if you feel cheeky you could ask if they mind if you grab some as you're a homebrewer, you'll probablt find you get a constant supply then in exchange for a few given back filled :P :
Brown in colour (to prevent skunking, which is an off flavour from hops not liking sunlight)
Quite thick glass (heavy bottles) - They will be handling a fair amount of pressure - particularly if you'll be going for a fizz in lagers.
I've always thought that it's a shame to buy empty bottles for a couple of reasons, loads get thrown into recycling by your neighbours and for not much more you can get them full of beer from the shop.
Having said that 40 bottles at that price is £22.40 and you get to use them again and again and again.
I'd have a wander down the road on recycling day to see what folk are throwing out, if you feel cheeky you could ask if they mind if you grab some as you're a homebrewer, you'll probablt find you get a constant supply then in exchange for a few given back filled :P :
Bobo
Senior Member
cheers for the input guys, I have my brothe on the case. As he drinks a lot og bottled beer but they are only 330ml bottles. Hmmm may have to get drinking.
Find a local pub that sells Magners and ask them if they'll keep the bottles for you. They're pint bottles which in itself is fairly uncommon in this age of metricity. They're also good and thick so should take a fair amount of pressure.
/Phil.
/Phil.
Bobo
Senior Member
Phil said:
Funny you should say that, me and the wife were just discussing the same thing. I'm in the RAF as you can imagine the camp has its fair share of bars. Shouldn't take me long to accumulate 40 empty magners bottles.
steve_flack
Regular.
I've found that if you're collecting bottles that German/Belgian bottles are by far the easiest to get the labels off. Next is American (the glue is a b*stard though) and worst by far is British. British labels are just a nightmare.
Vossy1
Landlord.
Youngs bottled conditioned beers are worth a go, they're all I use. Soak the bottles in warm water for 10 mins and the labels float away
