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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: flatcap on August 17, 2007, 08:22

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: flatcap on August 17, 2007, 08:22

got these bottles at au natural 45p with extra 10 % off


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they look a lot better than the bottles we normally use for wine :D

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: richyrich7 on August 17, 2007, 09:42

They are nice, were making some rhubarb schnapps as Christmas prezzys just the job thanks, now to see if theres one in Leicester.

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: mushroom on August 17, 2007, 09:56

are they ok for bottling beer???

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: flatcap on August 18, 2007, 19:15

mushroom ,you shud be able to use the bottles for beer havnt tried it myself though

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: seadart on August 18, 2007, 21:03

Cheapest beer bottles around, hang around a bottle bank and wait till someone makes a deposit and if they are ale bottles get them before they are recycled   :wink:

Title: cheap bottles
Post by: SkipRat on August 19, 2007, 22:09

After reading somewhere on the net, I now use 2 ltr plastic pop bottles. After the initial fermentation has finished, I transfer the brew into the bottles and prime each one with a teaspoon of sugar, after two weeks or when the beer is clear I then syphon off into another bottle leaving the sediment behind. The finished beer is then stored a month before drinking.
This leaves the beer clear with no sediment in the bottle and IMO a better pint then using barrels.