Grolsch bottles = GREAT

BrewBrothaRick · Feb 11, 2006

I just bought and tasted my first bottle of Grolsch. Taste is ok, kinda Heineken and then some, but what an amazing bottle. Wow, if they came in amber they would be the homebrewer's dream. Since I'm still so new to brewing that I don't have anything yet of my own on tap, I think I'll focus my drinkin these until I make a batch-sized set of empty Grolsch bottles. They are 16 oz bottles BTW.

RichBrewer · Feb 11, 2006

They ain't cheep from this supplier but here you go:

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/500_ML_SWING_TOP_-_12_P419C49.cfm
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/1_LITER_SWING_TOPS_-_6_P417C49.cfm

It might be better to buy the Grolsch, enjoy the beer, and not worry about the green bottles. Much more cost effective. (and enjoyable

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God Emporer BillyBrew · Feb 12, 2006

Yeah, or if you're lucky enough to have access to Fischer's then you can have flip tops and brown bottles.

oxford brewer · Feb 12, 2006

My sister has a shop selling reclaimed pine furniture and a lot of her supplies come from the Dutch.They arrive in the UK with a lorry load of pine furniture.
They also bring a good supply of Grolsch.It costs us £17.50 for a crate of 16 bottles(supplies are very limited though as it sells quickly

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Caplan · Feb 12, 2006

BrewBrothaRick said:
I just bought and tasted my first bottle of Grolsch. Taste is ok, kinda Heineken and then some, but what an amazing bottle

The bottles are nice but not worth the effort of drinking the sh*te that is Grolsch! Don't forget those seals need replacing - HBS do sell them. I'd rather drink better stuff, save those bottles and use a capper!

Chris1972 · Feb 13, 2006

I got a bunch of these to give my beer away to friends. Makes for good presentation. The good thing is that they always offer to return the bottles without me having to ask...I would ask.

They go for $2 a bottle at "The Good Brewer" in Livermore, Ca.
Hope this pic works...
At the moment this one is filled with an American Wheat. Quite tasty...

SteveM · Feb 13, 2006

Buying empty bottles goes profoundly against the grain for me. They are so typically expensive that even if what they are filled with is only marginal, I have to buy them full.

I wonder what per cent of Grolsch's business is home brewers who can bear the thought paying for empties?

clayof2day · Feb 13, 2006

If you're lucky and live in a state where they still have a return deposit, you can usually buy used empties (granted sometimes you have to scrub the fuzzies out of the bottom) for at most $0.10 per bottle. Thats not too bad, possibly the one saving grace of Michigan, even though if you have to brew outstide it might be in the bitter cold!

SteveM · Feb 13, 2006

I've done that - my local distributor sells 'em to me for a buck and a half for a case of 16s. But I've decided I don't like to go this way except to have bottles to give away. The bottles have had such hard use that they have a permanent frost on the outside. I don't like the aesthetics of this - they look like they are not really clean.

Denny's Evil Concoctions · Feb 13, 2006

There is a French beer starting to make it's way to North American shelves that come in 650ml Brown swing tops. I can't remember the name. Just saw it on the shelf in Vancouver a few days a go.

BrewBrothaRick · Feb 14, 2006

I'm kinda against buying a batch of empties too. The price is great and all, but you never know if a bottle of two has been used as a butt can.. or worse ..... as a urinal

Lounge Lizard · Feb 14, 2006

BrewBrothaRick said:
I just bought and tasted my first bottle of Grolsch. Taste is ok, kinda Heineken and then some, but what an amazing bottle. Wow, if they came in amber they would be the homebrewer's dream. Since I'm still so new to brewing that I don't have anything yet of my own on tap, I think I'll focus my drinkin these until I make a batch-sized set of empty Grolsch bottles. They are 16 oz bottles BTW.

Back before Katrina I was thinking about moving to New Orleans, so I was culling all the needless clutter (homebrewing was just an idea back then), and I tossed out well over a case of the amber Grolsch bottles, that I had collected over the years. Also tossed out a case of Lone Star longneck bottles.

I could kick myself now!

Denny's Evil Concoctions · Feb 14, 2006

Now that I've just started kegging, I'm reducing my bottle supply. I'm only keeping large bottles 500ml and up. Except for 100 Stubby bottles that someone is giving me. Those must almost be collectors by now.

All the long neck 12oz are hitting the bottle depot. Hmm... I should have enough to pay for my next batch of grains/hops with the money from the bottle deposit.

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