Bottles

[jonmohno]

I use all commercial craft bottles and reuse them even after making homebrew in them. They are built for pressure. Particularly the thicker ones may be bettter, and I prefer the longnecks and bottle conditoned beer bottles. I suppose certain bottles are weaker than others and I stay away from ones that are thin light or seem more fragile but that isnt very common. I would be more worried about cleaning any gunk out of recycle center bottles as they are not always rinsed out previous making mold or crusty hard to clean gunk, a pbw soak and bottle brush should take care of that though.

 

[trigger_andy]

Im sorry you find my statment so bizzare. Im new to this so Ive been following the advice of a local Brew Shop and also Muntons Extract Ins
Instructions. See step 11.

http://www.muntonshomebrew.com/wp-c...untons-Premium-Range-Brewing-Instructions.pdf

Also, Home Brew designated bottles are much thicker than regular bottles to withstand the conditioning.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swing-Top...pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&hash=item5af96b4dc4

Now that is a random-ass statement What is a home-brew-designated bottle? And what is a disposable bottle versus a home-brew-designated bottle?

 

[crookedibrews]

I have been using the red hook low rider bottles . And I like the dfh bottles label comes off easy. I have been reusing them for almost two years. Of course I don't always get them back.

 

[trigger_andy]

Im sorry you find my statment so bizzare. Im new to this so Ive been following the advice of a local Brew Shop and also Muntons Extract Ins
Instructions. See step 11.

http://www.muntonshomebrew.com/wp-c...untons-Premium-Range-Brewing-Instructions.pdf

Also, Home Brew designated bottles are much thicker than regular bottles to withstand the conditioning.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swing-Top...pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&hash=item5af96b4dc4

Now that is a random-ass statement What is a home-brew-designated bottle? And what is a disposable bottle versus a home-brew-designated bottle?

 

[Brewskey]

I reuse a ton of commercial brewery bottles, some for several years and multiple batches. Most of them are from Sweetwater, Sierra Nevada, Terrapin, etc. I've never once had a bottle bomb. Just make sure your beer is done fermenting before you bottle.

 

[rowan57]

Im sorry you find my statment so bizzare. Im new to this so Ive been following the advice of a local Brew Shop and also Muntons Extract Ins
Instructions. See step 11.

http://www.muntonshomebrew.com/wp-c...untons-Premium-Range-Brewing-Instructions.pdf

Also, Home Brew designated bottles are much thicker than regular bottles to withstand the conditioning.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swing-Top...pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&hash=item5af96b4dc4

Both websites are equal parts rubbish. As a fellow UK-er, I urge you to reuse bottles Your 'Grolsch' style bottles are no different to actual 'Grolsch' bottles, you could be (kind of) enjoying the beer first! On a secondary note, use crown cap (normal) bottles! MUCH more common and cheaper. Few people bottle in Grolsch style bottles but Grolsch. There is a reason almost everybody in the world bottles using Crown Caps.

 

[ScotBrew]

Got 10 cases of bottles that had store bought craft brew in them and reused them numerous times without any problems. If you're worried about bottles exploding you're obviously not following the bottle conditioning instructions properly.

 

[Barley_Bob]

I would be more worried about cleaning any gunk out of recycle center bottles as they are not always rinsed out previous making mold or crusty hard to clean gunk, a pbw soak and bottle brush should take care of that though.

Funny you mention this. I picked up 51 bottles, and a glob of Lord knows what did come out of one bottle (it got triple bleached). I was surprised the rest were pretty clean. I think they're only so clean right now because it has been freaking cold. Pretty tough for anything to grow when it's below zero.

As a side note, I also realized while cleaning the bottles that not a single one was one of the big American brands (Bud, Coors, etc). There were a lot of Sam Adams, which came the closest. I guess this recycling center caters only to beer snobs, haha.