Brownalemikie
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What is easiest, best way to remove labels from beer bottles? Thanks!
Soak them overnight in a bucket of hot Oxyclean or PBW. They'll float right off.
Another +1 for PBW. When drinking commercials I keep a barrel of PBW/Water in the garage and sink the empties in there. When I am ready I go fish them out and rinse them off clean.
Well...let me see if I can remember the easy ones without my bottle collection in sight?...
Deschutes
Sierra Nevada
Victory
Kona (Hawaiian)
Franziskaner
Paulaner
Wernesgruner
Sam Adams
Shiner
Michelob
Bells
New Belgium
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel ale
Thirsty Dog
Some other craft beers I forget at the moment.
Stone bottles etc..... not sure it's even doable without harsh chemicals.
I would just reiterate that finding brands that have easier labels to remove makes all the difference whatever you method. If I can't EASILY remove the label after a good soak I skip it. Not worth the heartache.
I have avoided buying Stone bottles just because I can't remove labels- still love the artwork though, and if the offering is tempting i'll still buy it.
I do Stone bottles all the time...easiest of all bottles, IMHO! Just dump them into an old bucket of StarSan mix and overnight the acid will eat the label off clean as a whistle...wipe clean and you have a bottle with no label that is sanitized to boot! Cheers...
Star San worked on the Stone bombers, but not on the New Belgium bottles for some reason. And ideas on what else to try?
If you're talking about the paper New Belgian labels, I've found both baking soda and DIY PBR to be effective. Baking soda is amphoteric and I believe DIY PBW is fairly basic in solution, so yeah, the other way.
+1 on this. Bucket of star San. It took my bottles almost a week though.
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