I thought of this idea AFTER I bought a case of empty 12 oz. beer bottles from the LHBS store, but I thought of washing and sanitizing some 12 oz. brown beer bottles (NOT twist-off style) I haven't taken to the recycling center yet and use these for bottling my cider. I removed the labels and rinsed out about 3 dozen Bells Beer bottles, which are literally the exact same bottle as the empty bottles I bought...anyone here have experience with using used beer bottles?I hope I didn't waste my time!