effin screw off top's

[Primo]

Ok . . . so I got screwed by the screw off bottle cap gods. . . AGAIN!!!
There I was doing beer math, again but this time I was taking into account that I needed to buy bottles with pop tops.
I was trying to decide between a twelver of dos equis and a twelver from a local brewer ( Wasatch brewery ) the fact that the local stuff has 4 flavors of beer in it is what sold me. I know I have had this "party box" before and it had pop tops, well this time I get it home and . . . dun dun duuuunnnnn EFFIN SCREW OFF CAPS!!! They are my new Favorite enemy!
So I did a forum search and could not find a listing of bottles with pop tops. So, I have decided to devise a "list', but i will need your help. I know there will be local brews that make this list but even if they are not in my area they might be in someone else's. Also I know I can go buy clean empty bottles for around 50 cents a piece but then what would I drink till the beer is gone????

Lets make the format.
1. Pop tops olny (obviously).
2. If it is a local brew mention the state.
3. Mention color.
4. Mention size.
5. Returnable bottles only. ( due to priming pressure)

And proceed.

So far we have

Beer Size color Avalable state

New Belgium 12oz. Brown
Sweet Water 12oz. Brown Georgia
Flying Dog 12oz. Brown Georgia
Sam Adams 12oz. Brown MA
Saranac 12oz. Brown NY
Erie Brewing 12oz. Brown OH
Deschuttes Brewery 12oz. Brown OR
St Paulie Girl 16oz. Green
Micholob Larger 12oz. Brown
Micholob Pale Ale, 12oz. Brown
Amber Bock 12oz. Brown
Columbus Brewing Co. ? ? Ohio
Sam Adams, 12oz, brown
Warsteiner, 11.2oz. Brown ?
Honkers, 12oz. Brown ?
Great Lakes, 12oz. Brown ?
Carlsberg 12oz. Brown ?
Dog Fishhead. 12oz. Brown ?
Dos equis 12oz. Green
Dos equis amber 12oz. Brown
Budweiser American Ale 12oz. Brown
Sierra Nevada ? Brown ?
Newcastle ? clear
Heavy Seas ? Brown Baltimore MD
Bass Ale ? Brown, ?
Epic beers ? ? Utah
Bear Republic 22oz. ? ?

 

[Thundercougarfalconbird]

New Belgium 12oz. Brown
Sweet Water 12oz. Brown (Georgia)
Flying Dog 12oz. Brown (Georgia)

 

[Jota21]

Sam Adams (MA)
Saranac (NY)
Erie Brewing (OH)

All amber 12oz

 

[DaveMcPhee]

Why not just look at the cap?

 

[BoisePorter]

Deschutes Brewery - 12 oz brown (OR)

 

[ChickenBeer]

I have been most recently in this exact same boat! and I hope you mean pry off. For my grolsch style bottles I went to my local tavern and politely asked the bartender to save all of them. But alas for some good beers you need the brown bottle. I have found that the following are working for me.

Cheap end :
St Paulie Girl Green bottle and they can be pints for $1.99
Micholob Larger, Pale Ale, and Amber Bock all brown 12 oz pry offs usually around $6.99 a 6 pack
In ohio we have Columbus Brewing Co. and they are decent and pry off middle price.
more costly:
Of course there are always your Sam Adams, Warsteiner, Micro brews, Honkers, Great Lakes, Carlsberg and Dog Fishhead. They should all be brown side note, warsteiner labels are removed easily in water but they are also 11.2 ounces
For Green bottles: Good old double X
Clear bottles: Corona but why have clear bottles.

 

[frazier]

I've been there. The good news is, your problem is temporary. You will tell your friends, relatives, and neighbors that you need their empties. They will start saving them for you. Soon, you will have all you need.

Then, when you have more than you need, they will keep bringing them over. When you say, "No thank you," they hear, "free beer!"

I currently have about 3x my monthly pipeline filling up my laundry room. You want some?

 

[mixedbrewer]

Budweiser American Ale ! These bottles are brown, very thick, and heavy. Its the closest thing I found to the bottles I got from my LHBS.

 

[brettwasbtd]

Sierra Nevada (short wide brown bottles)
Newcastle (short wide clear bottles)
Saranac | New York (brown regular height)
Dogfish Head brown regular height
Heavy Seas | Baltimore MD (brown regular height)
Bass Ale (brown, different shape)

 

[maxamuus]

Have you tried any of Epic's beers? They are excellent. They are brewed in SLC but the liquor stores sell quite a few of them now. The bottles are nice big bombers. (The labels are a HUGE PIA to get off tho)

 

[Primo]

Why not just look at the cap?

The clerks get mad at you when they catch you tearing open the box to do so!

 

[Malticulous]

Uinta has good bottles just like the ones Sierra Nevada uses. I don't know why Wasatch uses twist offs. A few got past me into my collection. Go get some Cutthrout.

 

[dfc]

Bear Republic has inexpensive 22 oz. bottles that are pry off.

 

[CoalCracker]

I thought there was already a completed list of this somewhere? Can't seem to find it.

Edit: here it is https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Pry_off_bottles

 

[Primo]

Ah in the wiki huh, they don't list size or color though.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

Guinness. all types. the widget can be removed from the daught bottles and the labels easily come off.

Hoegaarden 11.2oz
Anchor 12oz CA i think
Big Sky Brewery 12oz Montana

 

[hamiltont]

A few years ago I was in a liquor store & asked the clerk if he knew if the bottles of "forgot the name" beer were pry off or twist off. He said I duno & twisted the top off and then said with exclamation. "Twist Off"! Then he screwed the cap back on & put it back in the 6-pack. Cheers!!!