Best way to get labels off of Heinekin Bottles
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Golddiggie
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Media blasting?? Or (as it sounds like benzy4010 would enjoy more) cordite/C4/primer-cord blasting... 
hungry4hops
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They just plain suck, I use stella artos bottles instead!
I am sorry about this. I never did like Heinekin. Every one I had was skunked.
mgortel
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Soak them in an Oxyclean bath over night.....labels will slide right off...then scrub the glue in same oxyclean...and rinse rinse rinse....alot....
Also, no experience myself with this....but everything I have read and heard recommends amber bottles.....to prevent sunlight from turning your beer skunky......all I have ever used is the dark amber bottles myself for this reason and also because most of the commercial beers i drink are in amber bottles anyway.
ANy thoughts or experience from anyone else on use of green bottles?
Also, no experience myself with this....but everything I have read and heard recommends amber bottles.....to prevent sunlight from turning your beer skunky......all I have ever used is the dark amber bottles myself for this reason and also because most of the commercial beers i drink are in amber bottles anyway.
ANy thoughts or experience from anyone else on use of green bottles?
mgortel
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Priceless on the timing....look at the post times on your and mine!
dunnright00
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If you have to use green or clear bottles, just make sure they get as little exposure to any light as possible.
Unless of course you want them to taste like Heinekin/Corona/Moosehead. I personally kinda like the skunky taste sometimes....
Unless of course you want them to taste like Heinekin/Corona/Moosehead. I personally kinda like the skunky taste sometimes....
hungry4hops
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I use the green and clear bottles for bottling my mead!
Golddiggie
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I wouldn't do that to my mead (putting it into green bottles)... I actually use frosted clear bottles for all my mead.
I'm actually sipping on a glass of my first batch of mead (made in 2010, right before Turkey Day). Damned fine in the glass. Wonderful color, flavor, aroma, it not 'hot' but has the kick of 18%.
Good thing it was only a 375ml bottle that I opened.
hungry4hops
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Golddiggie said:I wouldn't do that to my mead (putting it into green bottles)... I actually use frosted clear bottles for all my mead.
I'm actually sipping on a glass of my first batch of mead (made in 2010, right before Turkey Day). Damned fine in the glass. Wonderful color, flavor, aroma, it not 'hot' but has the kick of 18%.
Why not??
Golddiggie
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Because it looks so damned good in the frosted bottles. Tastes even better. I'm not going for carbonated meads, so I don't need pressure proof/resistant bottles.
IF I was to ever make a carbonated mead, I'd probably end up using Belgian bottles with corks and cages. Looking forward to seeing how my first batches of mead are in another year. Just hope I can set enough aside to be able to sample them at that point.
