Recent content by beersy49

Give your favorite distributor a call and ask him if he will sell you a case or two of empties. I never met one who wouldn't. I guess they figure you can't brew all your beer and will buy from him when you need a case of the cold stuff. Like someone said before, usually cheap (5 cents each)...

I want to do a nice lable for my current batch. What do you recommend gluing the labels on with that will be easy to remove for the next batch? Any ideas?

Interesting. I wondered about the dishwasher. I soaked and cleaned the labels off 24 amstels last night with just hot water and a brillo pad. I then ran them through the dishwasher. I am still going to gie them a dunk in One Step before i bottle on Wednesday. I like the idea of bottling...

Thanks for the ideas. It always has been my least favorite part of brewing...

Back to brewing after a 10 year hiatus. My question, is there a quick and dirty way to get the commercial labels off the bottles I plan to bottle with. In the past I would soak them in hot water in the tub and scrub them off. Is there any additive I can add to the hot water to make this...