how many bottles for 5 gallon

[johnthemc]

Hi everyone, Can someone give me an idea on how many 12oz. bottles that I need to buy to bottle 5 gallons of my first Christmas beer? I need to bottle Sunday so I need to buy tomorrow.
Thank you.
John

 

[sudsmcgee]

About 50ish will be OK.

 

[iaefebs]

You would need 40 of those 16oz you rescued from the flood or 53 12oz.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/bottles-flood-281492/

 

[GuldTuborg]

You're going to drink 50 bottles of beer between tomorrow and Sunday?

That's awesome. Unless you're buying empty bottles. Why anyone would pay for beer bottles without the beer inside is beyond me.

Oh, and I also use the "10 bottles per gallon" rule. By the time you factor in loss due to trub, racking, a final hydrometer sample, and all that junk, it's a pretty good estimate. Keep a couple extra bottles on hand just in case.

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Why anyone would pay for beer bottles without the beer inside is beyond me.

Totally agree

 

[RM-MN]

My last batch hadn't been measured very well and I bottled 57 bottles from it. Would you rather have too few bottles and dump part of your beer or get a few more and have some left over for the next batch?

 

[scottland]

5 exact gallons in the bottling bucket is 5*128ounces. That's 640 ounces. Divide by 12oz in a bottle and you get 53.3 bottles. In reality you'll get 48-50.

 

[VladOfTrub]

johnthemc: Have you been to Simply Home Brew in Drums? Pete has a lot more brewing stuff than Beer Solutions in W-B.

 

[runningweird]

54

 

[Jamming]

my wife thinks there is two. but maybe 50 or so.

 

[bottlebomber]

If you have 50 you can count on having more beer left over than you want to pour out. I'd buy 3 cases, and then buy 2 cases of Sierra Nevada over the next month

 

[Diaperload]

5 gallon batch:

12oz bottles - 48-50
14.2oz bottles (Grolsch) - around 43
16oz bottles - around 39-40