Storing clean bottles?

[jimmarshall]

What do you guys use to store bottles once they are clean?


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[kh54s10]

I put them back in the cardboard cases that they were in when my friends gave them to me. Mostly Sam Adams Octoberfest boxes.

 

[JoesInBoston]

A shelf in a cabinet.

 

[jimmarshall]

I have a ton of bottles in my basement, and it seems like by the time I am ready to use them, they are all dusty/ dirty and in need of a cleaning again.


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[pointcity-homebrew]

After I wash my bottles out I store them in a Rubbermaid tote and snap the lid on (after drying), on bottling day I soak in star san and viola.

 

[castroeric]

If I'm doing it initially, I stick it all in a large container (say, a cooler) and use my sanitizer, which helps remove the label, making sure to get all the gummy gunk out of the bottle. I then put all the bottles onto a cookie tin and cover each mouth with a small piece of tin foil, securing the foil around the mouth entirely. Then, heat to 350 for 20 minutes and let them cool in the oven itself. When they cool to touch (and being careful not to disrupt the foil cover) I prefer to stick them into a 24-pack case so that I can close the top of that to try and limit the amount of dust that reaches the bottles at all. When I go to bottle, I simply open up that case and take off the foil covers--one at a time--and fill and cap each individually. Of course, taking the bottle out of the case (maybe in the six-pack holders) will allow someone else to help you and will take a bunch less time. Either way, I haven't had to re-clean bottles in a while and have had good success with this technique.

 

[MedicMang]

After they are drank, rinsed, and dry I have cardboard case boxes filled with 6 pack containers that I put them in, upside down. I have case boxes for tall 12 oz bottles, short 12 oz bottles, same looking 22 oz bombers, and obscure 22 oz bombers. When I need them, I rinse them with my jet bottle washer and then sanitize.

 

[Jim_Holmes]

ive got plastic milk crates, i put a cloth in the bottom, wash the bottles and store them upside down in the crates. can get 25 per crate and easily stacked

 

[yuk185]

Empty boxes from cases of diapers work great. Always in good supply around here too


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[MarkKF]

I put them back in the cardboard cases that they were in when my friends gave them to me. Mostly Sam Adams Octoberfest boxes.

Me too except upside down