Bottle Collection Organization

Anyone have suggestions on how you organize their bottles? I have a label maker and that seems to work fairly well. I know many folks have a much larger collection than I do, making it necessary for structure. Spreadsheets, Access databases, Google Docs, What have you had the best success with?

 

Fine tip sharpie marker. Write the name on the cap.

 

Different bottle styles and colors. Green, brown, tall, short, Grolsch.... and different colored bottle caps.... silver, black, green, red, yellow, orange, etc....

I use that information along with a running spreadsheet to keep track of everything.

I also use C&W plastic cases to store my bottle in. Very nice case...

www.cwcrate.com

Last time I checked, the site was down for maintenance. Hope they're not out of business. I was really thinking about buying a few more cases.

 

I thought CW Crate was shutting down. I could be wrong.

I write on the caps for now. I won't label bottles I keep for myself but eventually may put labels on bottles I give away. I do need to reorganize my pantry because I need a better storage system for sure.

 

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This is how I organize them empty;
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I keep them in stacks of the same boxes seperately with a label denoting what style,BOD,& ABV%.

 

Too bad. Great crate.

 

An adhesive dot on the bottle cap works for me. Just enough room to write the style and bottling date.

 

I just write on a 3"X4" shipping label and stick it on the outside of the box.

 

You are not wrong. I was their UPS man a lot of the time. The owner decided to pursue other ventures so he shut it down. Last time I talked to him, he told me he did have a few interested people in the business so who knows... maybe we'll see the product pop up under a different name. I agree though, excellent cases for organizing, transporting, or just containing potential bottle bombs.

 

Anyone know of an alternative since they shut down?