Green Bottles for First Brew?

[tigerdentist]

I am collecting bottles for my first brew. Most are the standard brown glass, some are Green Glass (Heineken) bottles. Any problems with using these bottles too?

 

[A4J]

Green bottles are prone to UV/light exposure which can skunk beer. Brown bottles are preferred but green bottles are sufficient as long as they're kept in the dark once they're filled.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

What he said ^^

 

[OLB]

You might want to save the green bottles anyway and use them if you ever make a batch of Apfelwein, which doesn't have hops and is not affected by skunking.

 

[enderwig]

I use my green and clear bottles for apfelwein. But for your first batch, go ahead and use them, just cover them up once they are filled.

 

[Pogo]

I don't know if it applies to all imported green glass beer bottles, but Beck's beer bottles have an oversized mouth and require a larger size cap to bottle them.

FWIW,

Pogo

 

[brewssuds]

Try to avoid thin glass. I've actually pulled the necks off a couple of bottles using a hand capper.

 

[supermoth]

And watch out for the bottles that take twist-off caps. You only want to use pry-off bottles.

 

[Joos]

The main problem here is you have to drink heineken to get the bottles