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I scored a few of these coke trays. Mine are little deeper and have a wall in the middle

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I use a few different methods. I have the fastrack drying system (two in fact--lucked into one CHEAP) and I store the bottles inverted in it.

I also use beer cases and store the bottles inside them using six-pack holders.

I have a couple of Sam Adams 12-pack boxes. I cut some dividers to fit so the bottles won't clank, and put empty bottles in those as well.

I even have an old beer case (the really old and cool kind with the side-by-side flip lids) and i just use six-pack holders in it.
 
Diaper boxes; rough cut cardboard for flat bottom plus a little Gorilla tape on bottom, not really (reliably) stack-able, but works well. I have plans to build some wood crates that can stack, but that is on a long list of other things i plan to do.
 
I use eurostyle beercrates, but as I live in europe, that might be easier for me than you guys ;D

The nice thing is, they stack, they are very solid and they fit perfect for my bottles :D
top pic is 24 times 33 cl, bottom 16 times .5 liter

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I use a FastRack to dry my bottles. When that fills up they go back into the cases they came in, which could be 24 or 12 packs.
 
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this thread, a HBT classic that grew wild into a million different bottle-storing options:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=318788


THAT SAID, after making a couple of the boxes from the thread above, I've just reverted to milk crates. They stack easy, are reasonably cheap on Amazon (or were the last time I bought any) and fit longnecks 5x5 or fliptops in a 4x4 configuration.
 
I store my empties upside down in a round rubbermaid tub (after rinsing thoroughly) in preparation for sanitizing. The full bottles I keep in plastic cases designed for beer.

Easy peezy lemon squeezy...
 

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