Saisonator
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I wonder if anybody has seen some for a good price.
Looking for 20 bottle ones.
Looking for 20 bottle ones.
Looking For Beer Crates
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I did look a while back but they all seemed hugely expensive. So I made my own out of scrap wood and a bit of 6mm ply and 15mm MDF.
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I bought some from Discount Homebrew in Doncaster. No idea if they are trading still or not,
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Saisonator
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Cheers, looks like this company sell them cheaper on ebay.
Saisonator
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Will they safely hold full bottles of beer, if so how many?
Hi!
24 bottles.
I've only moved them very short distances when holding 24 full bottles (floor to table, fridge to shelf). They are sturdy enough for that.
I don't do much "bulk" transport i.e. humping full crates over longer distances
They are very useful for storing empty bottles.
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I bought around 20 from these guys in the summer. They seem to get batches in regularly.
Good quality but some need smaller diameter bottles such as Black Sheep bottles.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-s-of...671862?hash=item441a660d76:g:pi4AAOSw6eZakZmB
Good quality but some need smaller diameter bottles such as Black Sheep bottles.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-s-of...671862?hash=item441a660d76:g:pi4AAOSw6eZakZmB
MmmBeer
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I bought one last year from a local garden centre, but then like cwrw666, I found it much cheaper to build my own, some from ply, some from wood, now have about a dozen.
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Check the size before you buy as not all crates are the same. I have a lot of fat bottles and i can only fit 5 in a crate and 15 regular. Also have some bottles that are too tall. I was lucky and found some second hand ones for sale on ebay. A bit dirty but good for £4.
I use these and they're absolutely perfect in my view:
https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/plastic-beer-bottle-crate-black-holds-20-bottles-p-824.html
20 x 500ml or will fit smaller / slightly larger. They stack well and are sturdy.
Looks like they're currently out of stock though...
https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/plastic-beer-bottle-crate-black-holds-20-bottles-p-824.html
20 x 500ml or will fit smaller / slightly larger. They stack well and are sturdy.
Looks like they're currently out of stock though...
If you're just looking for somewhere to store the beer as opposed to moving it around, have you thought of second hand filing cabinets? I bought some from a builder who was retiring - 3 x 4 drawer cabinets cost me about forty quid. It means quite a small footprint and with each drawer holding a couple of dozen, you can hold 96 bottles per cabinet.
If you use different coloured caps for each brew, it's fairly easy to choose your brew.
And it makes any shed look a place of serious work!
David
If you use different coloured caps for each brew, it's fairly easy to choose your brew.
And it makes any shed look a place of serious work!
David
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I get mine here http://www.home-brew-online.com/equ...e-plastic-crate-20-beer-bottle-capacity-p3270. Identical to the balliihoo ones but a bit cheaper. Stack, so long as your bottles aren't taller than 235mm (some of mine are sadly, EG Fullers bottles are taller so have to go in a crate on the top).
They're nice strong crates though, and look much better than cardboard boxes.... Harder to store away on shelves though. The other method I use is putting some back in the boxes some of my bottles came in https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/#brown-glass-beer-bottles-x-24-with-crown-caps-p-34.html. Have to make sure they stay dry though, and they don't hold many bottles per box. Oh, and the bottles that came with suffer spinny cap syndrome, but have had no issues with leaking CO2 or beer from them, and you have to use something to grip the cap to turn it, we just prefer to get our bottles the "old fashioned" way of buying them full and emptying them ourselves usually.
They're nice strong crates though, and look much better than cardboard boxes.... Harder to store away on shelves though. The other method I use is putting some back in the boxes some of my bottles came in https://www.balliihoo.co.uk/#brown-glass-beer-bottles-x-24-with-crown-caps-p-34.html. Have to make sure they stay dry though, and they don't hold many bottles per box. Oh, and the bottles that came with suffer spinny cap syndrome, but have had no issues with leaking CO2 or beer from them, and you have to use something to grip the cap to turn it, we just prefer to get our bottles the "old fashioned" way of buying them full and emptying them ourselves usually.
Saisonator
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Cabinet is a good idea, they dump at least one every week where I work, just nowhere to put one right now.
I bought some crates from here in the end.
£48 for 6 delivered.
https://trolleys4milk.co.uk/collections/wine-bottle-crate/products/multi-trip-crate
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They look useful. My problem is I have quite a number of 660ml bottles which I think would be a bit too tall for them
Saisonator
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Yes definitely, only fit in the top of the stack. There will be a fair few 500ml bottles that don’t fit as well but I have a couple of hundred of Old Moot Cider bottles and they are relatively stubby.
