My newly discovered bottle storage unit...

[madewithchicken]

Nice! I am going straight to Craigslist.

And it sets a goal, I must fill a filing cabinet with beer.

 

[-TH-]

Okay, let's get some confirmation on that 22 oz.

Okay, read my post (#16) from back awhile:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/my...tle-storage-unit-90478/index2.html#post977689

 

[bmckee56]

Not fortunate enough to have the four drawer unit, but I do have two, two drawer cabinets in the basement holding some wire and misc. stuff that will now be removed to replaced with BEER!

Thing is, I have not bottled any beer to date. Guess it's time to start huh!

Salute!

 

[FullDraw]

Thanks TH. Took me all of 3 days to acquire one for nothing. Mine came for the hospital. I mentioned your idea to the wife and she said "hey, we have 2 to get rid of". Lucky me. Mine's a hair smaller, but I can fit full cases (24-16 oz returnable in the box) in each drawer with wiggle room. and it's just as deep as the fridge it sits next too. Great space saver.

 

[Dagatris]

I had to bump this post as a reminder for everyone that has a hard time finding room to store bottles. Last week our guest bedroom was full of rubbermaid totes. Each one only able to hold 1 case of bottles, and the lids not strong enough to stack totes on top of each other.

This week, we have one filing cabinet (4 drawers tall) holding 6 cases of booze! This is saving us so much space. And I've got 2 more cabinets in the garage waiting to be filled.

Great idea -TH-!!

 

[madewithchicken]

Yeah i have been trying to find them in the free section on craigslist. they always go quick, i think people are scrapping them.

I really need one.

 

[kornkob]

Interesting--- a couple of 2 drawer file cabinets and an old hollow core door and a guy would have a nice little brewing workbench.

 

[jbolte1976]

That is an awesome idea. I know my equipement and finished products been slowly taking over our walk in closet.

I wonder if my wife could get rid of some of her clothes? lol

 

[BlindLemonLars]

I love this idea! This cabinet isn't legal sized, but was only $15 on Craigslist and located just a few blocks away from my house. My only regret is that 22oz bombers won't fit. No biggie, most of my bottles are 16 or 16.9 oz anyhow. My tall flip-tops squeak by with about 1/8" of clearance!

 

[brrman]

damn thats awesome.

 

[metaltim]

so tell me, (I'm new), when keeping in bottles, how hot can they get before being effected? If this was in my garage, in houston, in summertime..

Should I be safe and keep cabinet inside?

 

[ibbones]

so tell me, (I'm new), when keeping in bottles, how hot can they get before being effected? If this was in my garage, in houston, in summertime..

Should I be safe and keep cabinet inside?

That's a good question. Another noobie here and it's 101* with a 106* heat index in my garage. When do bottles pop?

 

[sharpstick]

i've been using them for a while. mine is standard letter size and holds 4 - 6 packs loosely. 12" x 18" and 10 5/8" height. another cabinet has 11" height.
none of my 22 oz bottles fit, but i have a 20 oz one that does.and i store EZ-caps in there, too. i sometimes put in blocks of foam to keep them from rattling around and tipping over.
(how did all these traditional bottle sizes come about anyway?)

 

[WillPall]

Hate to bring up an old thread, but Oh My Gawd! This is a perfect idea. Filing cabinet FTW.

 

[ChshreCat]

Hate to bring up an old thread, but Oh My Gawd! This is a perfect idea. Filing cabinet FTW.

Good ideas deserve a bump now and then.

 

[-TH-]

Yes I'm still using that same cabinet and it works great. I just loaded a drawer full yesterday after bottling a batch. Now what I really want to get next is a lateral file something like this:

 

[Mordecai]

Yes I'm still using that same cabinet and it works great. I just loaded a drawer full yesterday after bottling a batch. Now what I really want to get next is a lateral file something like this:

Hmm...I've got a 4 drawer model similar to that in my cubicle...

 

[dfox]

Ponders how to store many batches of beer.
Checks the Homebrewtalk forums.
Glances to immediate right->
begins to wonder where to put his paper files.

I literally have this same Steelcase right next to my desk-BRILLIANT!

 

[-TH-]

Just picked up this 3-drawer 42" wide lateral file at the Herman Miller factory outlet store for a STEAL at $40. Works awesome!

Of course my boy Frankie just had to get in the pictures...

 

[BlindLemonLars]

Frankie looks pretty pleased with the arrangement!

 

[mordantly]

thats a crafty way to tidy up the "office"!

 

[BlackHillsBrewing]

Great Idea for the office!

 

[sharpstick]

so tell me, (I'm new), when keeping in bottles, how hot can they get before being effected? If this was in my garage, in houston, in summertime..

Should I be safe and keep cabinet inside?

they probably won't blow until long after they've gone bad from the heat i would imagine. maybe not at all. cooked beer makes good compost.

 

[erkwist]

Bump
Now I know what to do with the two legal file cabinets that were in the basement when we moved into this house, one is a "fireproof" model with the concrete/cement walls so I know it won't tip over even if I manage to fill it with full bottles.

 

[kfoxpt]

You have empty bottles? I never seem to have more than 5 gallons worth of empties........

 

[BlindLemonLars]

You have empty bottles? I never seem to have more than 5 gallons worth of empties........

My fulls keep turning into empties...it's a problem.

The girlfriend's company is relocating to a new building this week, and two file cabinets are up for grabs. Within a few days my existing beer high-rise condo will have some company, and all my bottles will finally have a home.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Very nice. I see "Office Themed Microbrewpubs" in the future...people sitting at tables that look like desks, servers in sexy officewear, beer in refrigerated file cabinets...

So, what's wrong with that? I love it you created a new trend that may explode into offices all around.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Okay, let's get some confirmation on that 22 oz.

I bet they will fit as I have 32oz bottles in my file cabinet that fit with ease.
Hiding them from the war department all 160 of them.

 

[northernlad]

Forgot to mention that since seeing this thread I have picked up a filing cabinet from my local Goodwill for $10. It is a letter size and fits my normal bottling pattern of 1 case 22oz/1 case 12oz batch per drawer.

 

[caruso]

I just grabbed a 4 drawer letter size filing cabinet for $25 from craigslist. 22 oz bottles are just a hair too tall, but it fits 32 Grolsch Swing tops per drawer for a total of 128 pints or 16 gallons of beer per cabinet.

I am now going to drool looking at a file cabinet, knowing that there could be a half barrel worth of beer in there