Clear Glass Bottles?

Sorry if this question has been asked many times prior to this, but does anyone know where I can buy 12 ounce CLEAR bottles online? Must take crown caps... 26mm standard preferrably. Thanks so much for any help... I have searched the internet for hours now and haven't come up with anything.

Maryland HomeBrew warehouse and online store for home brew and wine making, brew your own supplies. Kegging, corks, recipes, ingredient kits.
Beer bottles - Bottle caps - Crowns - Bottle capper - Beer making supplies -Wine

Google is your friend -- searched for 'homebrew clear beer bottles'

--Matthew

msabin said:

Maryland HomeBrew warehouse and online store for home brew and wine making, brew your own supplies. Kegging, corks, recipes, ingredient kits.
Beer bottles - Bottle caps - Crowns - Bottle capper - Beer making supplies -Wine

Google is your friend -- searched for 'homebrew clear beer bottles'

--Matthew

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I can't seem to find any 12 ounce clear though?

I work at my LHBS part time, none of the wholesalers we use even carry them any more. Your best bet is to get some empty corona bottles and use an acid soak to remove the paint. There is a thread around here where someone described accidentally finding this out by soaking some corona bottles in star san overnight and then setting them out to dry. As they dried the paint flaked off.

Some sparkling water brands come in poptop clear glass bottles. I use them for AW.

Oh, well...i got quite a few empty corona bottles... let me know if you'd need 'em.

jarritos! Classy!

clear is bad! why?????????????????

It's not bad for everything. And you can use newcastle bottles as well

Clayton said:

clear is bad! why?????????????????

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on a homebrew scale? I personally don't think so at least for skunking from light and such. Brewers should know how to properly store their beer anyway.

is there another reason you had in mind?

I use MGD bottles for my hard ciders. The glass is embossed with "Miller" but that doesn't bother me.

philrose said:

on a homebrew scale? I personally don't think so at least for skunking from light and such. Brewers should know how to properly store their beer anyway.

is there another reason you had in mind?

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Skunking can happen incredibly fast. You could get a noticeable skuky taste from just a day sitting out in the sun (at a bbq or something). Take a beer, put it in the sun and keep one in the dark (pref a hoppy beer) let it sit out for a few hours, cool and taste the difference. I was amazed how fast it happens. One of my FST profs told me to do it, never again will I use clear or green glass.

Check out the video from basic brewing, they did a skunking test. Convinced me!

Basic Brewing™ : Home Brewing Beer Podcast and DVD - September 14, 2007 - Skunking Beer

But again, not all homebrew drinks will skunk...I bottled my apfelwein in clear glass.

rcm_rx7 said:

But again, not all homebrew drinks will skunk...I bottled my apfelwein in clear glass.

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VERY TRUE!!!! Forgot to mention that . Photolysis can only happen to your iso-alpha acids (created in the boil from alpha acids). If you have a beer where very few hopps (or none ) were added then there is nothing to skunk. Like apfelwein (dont know much about it, never made it, only do cider) it wont skunk because there is no hops. However light can speed up oxidation if there is dissolved oxygen in the beer, so be aware of that as well.

rcm_rx7 said:

Check out the video from basic brewing, they did a skunking test. Convinced me! Basic Brewing™ : Home Brewing Beer Podcast and DVD - September 14, 2007 - Skunking Beer.

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wow I just watched this, great video. These guys are funny, I think they are a little drunk, haha.

+1 on the newcastle and its fun to get them empty