Revvy

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I stopped using them years ago, a milk crate can hold the same amount of 12 ounce bottles (24) in half the space. Plus they stack nicely.

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Zamial

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I use these milk crates/file crates from Walmart. They are plastic, have round holes in them and hold 24-30 bottles of beer nicely. They can be found in the file cabinet area by the stationary. They range in price from $2-7 depending on the time of year (back to school is the cheapest time). I can stack them 4-5 high with no issues.

The advantage to these vs. "mother crates" is I assume these "mother crates" are card board. Wet cardboard is bad news. Wet plastic air dries just fine.

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My only issue with those "back to school" crates as opposed to the traditional milk crate is the thickness of them. I use both, and while the back to school ones hold about 6 more beers, they are MUCH more flimsy. But, they are easier to legitimately obtain than the other kind as well.

Either way, milk crates are a better option because you can stack them up when they're filled with 12 oz bottles. 22 oz bottles pose a problem because they are about 1-2 inches too tall to allow the crates to stack properly.

Zamial

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This is all true. I do notice the crates bottoms "sag" a bit when under full load. I am not worried about that at all. They do tend to have bottles fall over when moving them when they are not full, fortunately I do not store bottles in these inside a fridge so it is a moot point as they need chilled anyways.

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Plastic milk crates will hold 25 long necks quite nicely, but those stubby SN bottles are a fly in the ointment.

damnyankee

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Ya know, I never thought about milk crates *DUH!!!*.

I like the thought of the 6 gallon/24 quart which will hold a case but online they run over $20 - and that doesn't include shipping...Hmmm...

eibbor

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Ive been looking at the Walmart milk crates for a while. I think that the ones with the round holes in the bottom would make a nice makeshift "bottle tree" for my clean bottles to dry...

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Slightly off topic

That picture made me laugh out loud. A mother buying cartons. A mother who may or may not be pregnant.

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I have a few old Blatz cases that I use. They cost a bit less than 20 bucks a piece, and came pre-filled with beer! Though the milk crate idea sounds like a good one.

That's not a bad idea either.

jmendez29

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I don't know where in MI you are, but I always just went to the store (Meijer, Family Fare, etc.) and picked the 6 pack holders out of the bin by the recycle center. I have enough to hold all of my bottles now, so I just look for "interesting" holders now. Something to replace the BMC holders. Just seems kind of crude to have homebrew in a Budweiser holder. Although I do have a few Corona cases around. They are actually made of some pretty sturdy cardboard.

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