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I have been buying bottles of Perlenbacher from Lidl with the intention of drinking the beer from them, and then using them as my homebrew bottles. I couldn't see the logic in forking out for empty beer bottles from the homebrew shop. Imagine my dismay when my first attempt resulted in a crushed bottle neck!!! I then realised that Perlenbacher are twistoff caps. Now I like those continental style half-litre bottles so am thinking about collecting some Veltins bottles or Erdinger. Has anyone here had any experience using these types of bottles with a capper? Would they be ok?Or do they need to be the real ale type of bottle?

Thanks in advance.
 
I think I've used a few Erdinger bottles without any problem.
You'd be better asking at a local pub if you have one. They have to pay to have their empties collected so most are happy to let you have a few. The Magners & Bulmers bottles are particularly good, they hold a full pint (568 mls rather than standard 500) and the labels come off easily in the dishwasher (or I guess with a soak in hot water.
 
Dave1970 said:
I think I've used a few Erdinger bottles without any problem.
You'd be better asking at a local pub if you have one. They have to pay to have their empties collected so most are happy to let you have a few. The Magners & Bulmers bottles are particularly good, they hold a full pint (568 mls rather than standard 500) and the labels come off easily in the dishwasher (or I guess with a soak in hot water.
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But if I went to the pub for bottles that would mean that someone else got to drink the contents? ;)
 
indewildemanfan said:
But if I went to the pub for bottles that would mean that someone else got to drink the contents? ;)
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In some cases, this is no bad thing :whistle:
 
iceo said:
i picked up 24 330ml bottles with alc free beer in them from b&m for £4
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That is an absolute steal. Fiddly job with bottles that size and a decent size batch though.
 
most (well half ) of my bottles are erdinger or similar , they are great bottle and are reused in germany (you may see scratches on em) many times so are perfect for homebrew , after all we brew in metric so why not drink it .
 
Tescos do a really nice cider (cant remember the name) for 99p and a similar pear cider in green bottles. They are as good as Magners and dont have any logo on the bottle.
 
A bloke near me drinks a lot of Hobgoblin. I raided his recycling bin every Wednesday for a good while and now have more bottles than I know what to do with.

Edit: I do know what to do with them, point is, I have a lot.
 
I read somewhere that Wychwood bottles were a PITA to get a cap on,is this not right? :wha:
 
Dusty said:
I read somewhere that Wychwood bottles were a PITA to get a cap on,is this not right? :wha:
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They are if you have a hand held capper, I've been told they work fine with bench cappers.
 
Duncs said:
Dusty said:
I read somewhere that Wychwood bottles were a PITA to get a cap on,is this not right? :wha:
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They are if you have a hand held capper, I've been told they work fine with bench cappers.
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I can't say I agree with this, I've been using a lot of wychwood bottles and don't remember having problems
 
I've had nothing but trouble capping Wychwood bottles with a hand held capper. The depth of the collar on the neck makes it very difficult and too risky for me to be bothered with, I lost about three before I realised that it was only those bottles that were not working and then worked out why. Bench capper might work though...
 
Grumpy Jack said:
I've had nothing but trouble capping Wychwood bottles with a hand held capper. The depth of the collar on the neck makes it very difficult and too risky for me to be bothered with, I lost about three before I realised that it was only those bottles that were not working and then worked out why. Bench capper might work though...
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Strange. I use a hand capper too.

Edit: I'm bottling shortly so I will report back :thumb:
 
Perhaps it's a different design hand capper, or maybe the bottle design has changed in the last couple of years but I know I'm not alone in this problem and I regret throwing so many Wychwood bottles away, so if there's a way to use them, I'd much prefer to do so! :-)
 
Well, I do understand what you mean. Just used some to bottle and they are bit more fiddly but only takes a few seconds longer. I have however discovered that london pride bottles do not cap at all, neither do badgers bottles. The lip at the top is too small
 

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