Why so many twist offs....

[biestie]

I've never understood why people buy bottles either. We're brewers, undoubtedly we drink beer.

I understand it perfectly. I hate cleaning bottles. The time I'd spend cleaning them is worth more to me than the price of buying clean bottles.

 

[stevo4361]

I understand it perfectly. I hate cleaning bottles. The time I'd spend cleaning them is worth more to me than the price of buying clean bottles.

Rinsing them out after drinking them is that hard?

 

[biestie]

If I trusted that just rinsing them got them clean it'd be a different story.

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

I have friends who drink microbrews the more exp brews. They generously give mee all of them . In return I give them some finished product. Collected 18 six packs and 9 four packs.

 

[grem135]

If I trusted that just rinsing them got them clean it'd be a different story.

Just run warm water in them a couple times after you pour to rinse out the bottle then put it in your case box. When ready to bottle a quick rinse with yourhandy dandy faucet mounted bottle washer (i hope you rinse those new bottles) set them back in case, give each a squirt of starsan and drain just before inserting the bottling wand. Easy! I would not be brewing beer if i had to buy new bottles for each batch.

 

[MaxStout]

Just run warm water in them a couple times after you pour to rinse out the bottle then put it in your case box. When ready to bottle a quick rinse with yourhandy dandy faucet mounted bottle washer (i hope you rinse those new bottles) set them back in case, give each a squirt of starsan and drain just before inserting the bottling wand. Easy! I would not be brewing beer if i had to buy new bottles for each batch.

This.

I get into the habit of rinsing bottles soon after I empty them, before gunk starts to dry in the bottoms. Two rinses and a shake, set them upside-down for a day and they are clean and dry. Probably cleaner than those store-bought bottles that have been sitting on a shelf for months.

On bottling day, I just give each one a couple shots of StarSan with the Vinator, set them on a bottle tree and I'm ready to fill.

 

[grem135]

For those party's or lazy days you can also have a bucket with a mild oxyclean mix to drop those bottles in. I have a bucket always ready for delabling. Just drop em in and the lanes fall off after a few hours.

 

[paulster2626]

If I trusted that just rinsing them got them clean it'd be a different story.

So you only use bottles once? That would get very expensive!

 

[MMJfan]

Just run warm water in them a couple times after you pour to rinse out the bottle then put it in your case box. When ready to bottle a quick rinse with yourhandy dandy faucet mounted bottle washer (i hope you rinse those new bottles) set them back in case, give each a squirt of starsan and drain just before inserting the bottling wand. Easy! I would not be brewing beer if i had to buy new bottles for each batch.

I rinse my bottles after drinking from them and then store them in plastic milk crates which hold about 24 bottles perfectly. I also put labels on my bottles so when I'm ready to bottle I soak them in a bucket of hot water for about an hour and then peel the labels off. My dishwasher has a sanitize cycle on it so after the labels are peeled, I put the bottles in the dishwasher to sanitize. Then I just place my bottling bucket on the counter above my dishwasher and bottle straight from the dishwasher. The door for the dishwasher then catches any drippings from my bottling wand...

 

[SpentGrains]

Don't use the green or clear bottles! Your beer will skunk in them. Too much light gets through and your beer will skunk. Brown bottles are the way to go.

Apfelwein tastes great in green bottles, just saying.

 

[glenn514]

I rinse my bottles after drinking from them and then store them in plastic milk crates which hold about 24 bottles perfectly. I also put labels on my bottles so when I'm ready to bottle I soak them in a bucket of hot water for about an hour and then peel the labels off. My dishwasher has a sanitize cycle on it so after the labels are peeled, I put the bottles in the dishwasher to sanitize. Then I just place my bottling bucket on the counter above my dishwasher and bottle straight from the dishwasher. The door for the dishwasher then catches any drippings from my bottling wand...

This is the exact same process I've used since my very first brew. Works like a charm...once the bottles are cleaned! I am always amazed at the "science projects" I find growing in the bottom of beer bottles people give me. If the gunk in there is really fierce...that bottle goes into the recycling bin!

glenn514

 

[dpwhite87]

People have told me that the bottles you buy are super brittle anyway. I mean come on, you're paying almost as much as if they were filled with beer, too! Plus, it's fun to try to guess which brand your bottle originally was.

 

[MMJfan]

People have told me that the bottles you buy are super brittle anyway. I mean come on, you're paying almost as much as if they were filled with beer, too! Plus, it's fun to try to guess which brand your bottle originally was.

No kidding!

Really, the only bottles I can tell what they were of the beers I drink are New Belgium bottles and Sam Adams bottles...

 

[MMJfan]

This is the exact same process I've used since my very first brew. Works like a charm...once the bottles are cleaned! I am always amazed at the "science projects" I find growing in the bottom of beer bottles people give me. If the gunk in there is really fierce...that bottle goes into the recycling bin!

glenn514

That it does!

 

[J187]

why so many twist offs? Because 95% of people at bars drink **** beer.

 

[MaxStout]

why so many twist offs? Because 95% of people at bars drink **** beer.

And few people carry a church key anymore.

 

[neo71665]

And few people carry a church key anymore.

I carry a p-38 everywhere I go but don't need a church key to open a bottle.

 

[Ryan0186]

Yea there is a guy I work with that only drinks good craft beer. I told him if he bring me bottles ill supply him with some delicious homemade brew.

 

[Travestian]

My general rule is for every 12 bottles someone brings me I give them 2 of my homebrews.

 

[firerat]

If I trusted that just rinsing them got them clean it'd be a different story.

Do you trust that the new ones you are buying are clean?

Kinda silly duder....

 

[Ryan0186]

I've been on vacation the last fees days and we have been knocking back long board and fat tire. Up to 36 bottles now.

 

[Doliss]

I go with any variety of Sam Adams, once done with the beer just rinse the bottle out. They sit there on the counter next to the sink until I get enough to put in an oxyclean free bath overnight to get the label off then bam, bottle ready to go