Anyone know a good place to get free bottles

[parkerdel]

So i have 15 gallons to bottle in the next two weeks and i only have around 45 12oz bottles. I can not bring myself to buy empty bottles from my LHBS but i will have to come up with something quick.

I have heard about people getting empties from resturants but i would suspect them to be really dirty.

Im also considering raiding a few super bowl parties this weekend to pick up some bottles, but i also suspect the bottles to be very dirty.

Anyone have any tips or secret places where they get bottles?

 

[maffewl]

Whenever I need bottles, I run by the Recycling Center. They allow me to grab as many as I want and even provide boxes to carry them out in.

And really dirty? Lol... just a hot oxyclean soak and the labels and dirt comes right off.

 

[lamppa]

Ask your buddies right now to rinse their bottles right away when they drink this sunday, then go get em...How about that?

 

[Hoosier-Brewer]

I buy a lot of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in bombers, those are 24 oz, or two beers. You might check your local craigslist, or a local bar that serves pop top bottles.

 

[OpenContainer]

All of the above, plus make sure that every beer that you buy from now until bottling day is in a bottle that you can re-use. I've collected over 100 bottles in the past month from my own consumption.

 

[parkerdel]

Whenever I need bottles, I run by the Recycling Center. They allow me to grab as many as I want and even provide boxes to carry them out in.

And really dirty? Lol... just a hot oxyclean soak and the labels and dirt comes right off.

never though of that! i will try it out this weekend

 

[mikeysab]

Check the classifieds section of hbt, theres a thread for us to give away or request bottles. You could also just go by a bar and ask for their empties. My local dustributor takes bottles for the deposit, so you could try that. Try craigslist, offer double deposit.

 

[Dan]

There was a thread on here awhile back about homebrewers who had extra bottles because they had started kegging and were willing to give them away or trade. I'll look and see if I can find it.

 

[BetterSense]

Where I work, our building has a room down by the dock where there is a box crusher and place where they sort out all the recycling. I can grab as many bags of plastic soda bottles as I want.

 

[Dan]

Free Bottles Give Away Post Em Here

Here's a link to that thread. Not sure how active it is. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f16/got-free-bottles-give-away-post-em-here-157575/

Hope the best for ya!

 

[mikeysab]

Yep, thats the one

 

[Airplanedoc]

I get empty Dos Equis bottles from mexican restraunts

 

[malevolent]

Local bar allows me to take 22oz bottles whenever I call and they're available.

 

[Rivenin]

i've got a few cases up here in portland, but i'm about 1000 miles away lol

 

[rhamilton]

The best thing is to simply ask a bar that serves a good number of bottles. I simply walked down to my local watering hole, bought a beer, asked the owner if I could have some bottles. He pulled out a trashcan from the back and I stocked up for free. Pretty simple

 

[remilard]

We have around 50 empty bottles at the end of every homebrew club meeting and 800-1000 at the end of our competition. Many to most of these get recycled because there aren't enough people interested in taking them.