Interest in 375ml champagne bottles?

**smokinghole** · 01-24-2012, 02:33 PM

If someone were retailing 375mL bottles for a reasonable price would you guys buy them? I make a lot of belgians and started making a bunch of sours. Normally I would just buy a case at the store drink it down, and call it done. However with the beers that are bottled up in these types of bottles that's a bit cost prohibitive. I have a decent amount on hand that I've personally drank but if I could buy a case to three at a time I'd be a happier guy.

Would you guys buy 375ml champagne bottles? I searched high and low for a retailer to the homebrew crowd and could not find any.

Suthrncomfrt1884 · 01-24-2012, 03:35 PM

If I could find them, I would buy them in a heartbeat. I hate having to drink a whole 750ml bottle of my sours, so it would be nice to have smaller sizes.

**smokinghole** · 01-24-2012, 09:35 PM

I am seriously considering buying a whole pallet if a bottle supplier will sell them to me, along with cases. I will keep what I want/need and then sell the rest off. Now this is a lot of bottles. The pallet is 1834 bottles. If divided up into cases that'd be 76 cases worth with a hand full of loose bottles. My dad and I are both considering this. I just want to know before we go buying a pallet of glass and I lay out money that there's a demand.

There would need to be more than just you and I interested. I would go through the proper channels get a tax ID and all that jazz to do this. I figure between the two of us the most we'd realistically eat up would be 12 of the 76 cases. I'm still waiting on a lot of information before moving forward.

lawpaw · 01-25-2012, 10:45 PM

I'd buy at a reasonable price, but shipping could be cost prohibitive.

**smokinghole** · 01-25-2012, 10:52 PM

There is a very real chance the bottle company ended communication with me. So either they ended communication, or they are seriously researching my other bottle requests to possibly have 3L and larger bottles for sale. I love big bottles and figure if I had a pallet of a couple sizes other zany homebrewers like me might buy a few.

**FatBaldBeerGuy** · 01-26-2012, 12:23 AM

Never made these before; but are these the bottles you are talking about?

http://www.homebrewit.com/wine-making-bottles.php

**smokinghole** · 01-26-2012, 01:17 AM

None of those bottles are the 375ml champagne. They do have the 187ml chamagne bottles though. They have 375ml non-carbonated wine bottles though.

**FatBaldBeerGuy** · 01-26-2012, 01:21 AM

Aah, sorry

Coff · 03-28-2012, 04:05 PM

I was going to start another thread on this but figured smokinghole might still be considering this.

So bump for the fact Im looking for the same thing.

In the most recent BTV episode, Dawson mentioned that Northern Brewer would be carrying the 375ml bottles that RR and Lost Abbey have made so popular. He mentioned late March Early April so lets keep a look out.

I honestly cannot believe these arent more readily available, Im in the market for ~4 cases.

**smokinghole** · 03-28-2012, 04:07 PM

Good idea to update. I heard the same thing but forgot about this thread. I'm in the market for like six cases. As much as I want to order a pallet and do this, my wife is strongly opposed.