18 oz bottles

[drunami]

Does anyone know of a supplier for 18 ounce bottles?

A local brewery in Queens (Singlecut) sells beer onsite out in these beautiful bottles. They're the same style as a normal 12 ozer (not the sierra nevada chubbies), but they are scaled up to hold 18 oz. They still take a regular US bottle cap. This would be the perfect size for me if I could find them but no one seems to have anything close.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Dru

 

[Epos7]

They're probably 500ml bottles? That's just under 18oz.

http://www.unitedbottles.com/product/ale-500-ml-2

Unfortunately I can't find anywhere to purchase less than pallet quantities. MoreBeer has these, different shape though.

https://www.morebeer.com/products/500ml-beer-bottle-12.html

 

[drunami]

Yeah, those look about right. I saw the morebeer ones. I find bottles with a good shoulder to be easier to decant and keep my beer loogie in the bottle, so I'm trying to find the others first.

 

[Epos7]

Good luck, let us know if you do track them down. I like the idea.

 

[drunami]

Alternately, if anyone has suggestions about building/buying a good storage crate, I could just drink my way to a couple cases of empties from Singlecut!

 

[GHBWNY]

500ml = 16.9 oz., so you're getting close. I know it's a jump in size/storability, but what about 22 oz.? They're readily available, less bottling, more beer per bottle. I use these when I want to split a pour with someone. However, if you want your own beer-and-a-half, an 18 oz. is perfect. Good luck!

 

[flars]

Alternately, if anyone has suggestions about building/buying a good storage crate, I could just drink my way to a couple cases of empties from Singlecut!

You can make your own cases for different size bottles by cutting new dividers to fit inside the common cardboard box. The dividers are cut from plain cardboard and notched to interlock. Apple crates are available from the grocery store and are made from heavy cardboard. They are fairly large and get heavy when filled with full bottles of beer.

I have used 12×12×12 boxes to hold my 16 ounce German beer bottles.

 

[EDF713]

It's funny you posted this thread, just last night I had a Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout poured from a 550 ml bottle, about that size, and was wondering how many other beers came in that size.

Another option for crates - I followed these instructions for 12 oz bottles, and scaled up for some 16 oz Grolsch bottles. You would need to take some measurements, but these work well - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=318788

 

[GHBWNY]

You can make your own cases for different size bottles by cutting new dividers to fit inside the common cardboard box. The dividers are cut from plain cardboard and notched to interlock. Apple crates are available from the grocery store and are made from heavy cardboard. They are fairly large and get heavy when filled with full bottles of beer.

I have used 12×12×12 boxes to hold my 16 ounce German beer bottles.

Totally agree --- the apple boxes we get at our grocery are double-walled AND with hand holds. Doesn't get any better than that for a beer case.

 

[jleiii]

Beware of some 500ml bottles. My brother drank copious amounts of Franziskaner some years ago and supplied me with many cases of bottles. These are NOT good with a wing capper! The edge that the capper catches on is too low and they were very difficult to cap. I bought a bench capper to solve this, but in the end I unloaded them.

 

[MaxStout]

A local brewery in Queens (Singlecut) sells beer onsite out in these beautiful bottles.

Have you talked to anyone at that brewery? Maybe they'd sell you some, or let you chip in on the next bottle order.

 

[Sadu]

500ml is a great size in my opinion. You can serve a proper sized glass of beer in nice glassware - and since I like brewing German beer there is something authentic about 500ml. They aren't so tall that they don't fit in the fridge properly as well.

They are less work than the 330ml/12oz bottles in terms of cleaning and capping. The problem with the larger 750ml/22oz bottles is that you can't pour them in one go, so you end up usually disturbing the sediment and all that time cold-crashing and fining the beer goes to waste.

 

[MaxStout]

The problem with the larger 750ml/22oz bottles is that you can't pour them in one go, so you end up usually disturbing the sediment and all that time cold-crashing and fining the beer goes to waste.

This.

Often I'm the only one drinking a particular beer, so I have to pour two glasses in quick succession from the bomber to keep from shaking up the trub. Or use one large mug.

Sometimes I just want one glass of brew.

 

[drunami]

Beware of some 500ml bottles. My brother drank copious amounts of Franziskaner some years ago and supplied me with many cases of bottles. These are NOT good with a wing capper! The edge that the capper catches on is too low and they were very difficult to cap. I bought a bench capper to solve this, but in the end I unloaded them.

I used to have a huge collection of fran bottles too, back before my 6 year brewing hiatus. never had a problem with them (and i still only own the wing-capper i got from my first kit).

also, these 500 ml bottles i'm speaking of are a totally different shape. they're basically over-sized 120zers.

 

[drunami]

Have you talked to anyone at that brewery? Maybe they'd sell you some, or let you chip in on the next bottle order.

I actually was pondering this this morning! They sell their bottles in 4-packs, so maybe they don't use whatever packaging they come in? Next time I'm at the brewery I'll have to chat someone up.