Where to find short-neck bottles
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BigTerp
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I just drink a bunch of Sierra Nevada. I happen to like their Tumbler Brown and PA, so it works out well for me.
Love the Tumbler .. and that is the perfect bottle. But I can't drink enough beer to generate enough bottles to keep up with the amount of brewing I want to do (plan to do anyway -- just getting started).
Can I buy those bottles somewhere?
Can I buy those bottles somewhere?
Actually a new Michigan brewery "North Peak Brewing Company" just started using them. I don't know if they are available out your way, but I am excited. And the beer is pretty tasty as well.
I'm saving them for my 50th birthday barleywine, and am actually going to etch them using acid etch.
I'm saving them for my 50th birthday barleywine, and am actually going to etch them using acid etch.
frailn
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Try Midwest Supplies website or Williams Brewing website. They might have them for sale. I have heard of people buying them from these two companies in the past. Not sure if they still carry them.
Obviously they are the pretty close to Red Stripe bottles. Except Red Strip screen prints on their bottles, and it is pretty hard to remove. It seems there's 2 printing plants that use slightly different paint, soaking even in starsan can remove paint on some of the redstripe bottles, but on some even the hardiest commercial stripper doesnt' seem to cut it on them.
BrewThruYou
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Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Abita all have stubby bottles. But Abita has their name and some grain design raised on the glass.
DrDarwin
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I just had a six pack of Red Hook ESB that was bottled in stubbies. In fact, if I recall correctly, all of their beers were in stubbies on that visit.
drink a lot of Guinness or founders
I've never seen Guinness in stubbies.
Revvy said:
I saw some North Peak bottles the other day with longer necks. Not a fan, in fact I'd love to bottle my cyser in North Peak stubbies, but I don't know if that's going to happen if they changed their bottle.
They seem to be using both styles sometimes for the same beer. Don't know why. But I've seen both for the same style of beer in the same store.
I just grab all the stubby ones when I want them.
no they are not stubby but close enough for me
BrewThruYou
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Pretty much. I've never seen 12oz stubbies sold empty in small quantities.
Well, continuing my habit of offering semi-helpful advice, I can tell you that I did see short necked bottles for sale to homebrewers online a couple of years ago. Of course, I don't remember where.
Edit: http://www.freundcontainer.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_4501B22_A_cn_E_408 Orders under $75 have a small order fee added.
Edit: http://www.freundcontainer.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_4501B22_A_cn_E_408 Orders under $75 have a small order fee added.
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awoodring said:
Why waste money on empty bottles.....
solbes
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Redhook switched to stubbies, though they never used to be. Summit also uses stubbies.
I had a lot of fun drinking a lot of beer this spring trying to gather up 6-7 batches worth of bottles. Maybe I should start over?
I had a lot of fun drinking a lot of beer this spring trying to gather up 6-7 batches worth of bottles. Maybe I should start over?
frailn
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Williams Brewing Company. 12 oz stubbies. $12.90 per case. Shipping for two cases is 17.47 via FedEX. So, if you bought two cases, it would cost $0.90 per bottle. Cheaper than buying a six of Sierra Nevada, but you don't get the free beer.
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/12-OZ-STUBBY-BOTTLES-CASE-OF-24-Actual-Cost-Shipping-Item-P2720C49.aspx
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/12-OZ-STUBBY-BOTTLES-CASE-OF-24-Actual-Cost-Shipping-Item-P2720C49.aspx
I think I posted those in my last post.
RussH
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A local Microbrewery was turning out a Bohemian Lager in the 70's style stubbies a couple of year ago. I got a few friends on board and amassed a collection of 150 or so. Earlier this week I picked up 10 cases more off of a local classified site. These ones though are actually from the 70's, and in their original cases. They're clean, but dusty.
Here are a few of the brands represented.
Here are a few of the brands represented.
I hate you. 
Awesome haul especially on the vintage ones.
Awesome haul especially on the vintage ones.
Redhook was my favorite beer before i started brewing and since i like uniformity in my bottles that is all i ever buy anymore when i run out of my own stuff. And yeah they changed over to stubbies about a year ago maybe less.
BrewKnurd
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One warning on Abita bottles... they have a narrower collar than typical bottles. By the collar I mean the part that the capper grabs on to. This seems to lead to higher levels of breakage when capping. At least it has for me.
