...where do you get bottles?

[smokinop]

I remember the first time I was getting ready to brew, I was a little short of bottles so I went to the store, bought a 12 pack of Sam Adams & told my g/f I would brew on Saturday if I drank 3 beers a day.

Been brewing about a year, have 1 keg but still bottle & have enough that I am now helping my new brewing buddies when they need some extra's. And usually get 'em back with something in them!!!

 

[KavDaven]

Many nice apartments offer their residents a recycling point for plastics and glass.

Residents tend to throw away some pretty nice bottles of various sizes.

Just make sure you clean them.

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

Another good bottle to reuse is anything by New Belgium Brewing. Fat Tire, etc... The labels come off very easily, and they recap very nicely.

 

[eppo]

Not sure if its been said before, I get mine from the beer distributer. 5¢ each.

 

[bobeer]

I haven't bought an empty bottle yet. I drink lots of craft beers and after I pour them in a glass I rinse well and store. I pick up a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale bomber about once a week to cut any bottling time down, although I have 3 kegs now too.

+1 on this. Bombers are clutch.

I've started to buy beer based on how easy the label is to get off. Sierra uses a crap ton of glue on their labels! As I build my pipeline I'm hoping to be buying less and less craft brew..

 

[GrainWhisperer]

Bottles from Lagunitas practically hop out of their labels.