Reusing bottles

[kierenjennings]

I've reused loads of glass bottles in the past. But I was told you can't use green glass - so I only ever kept clear and brown glass.

Is it true you can't reuse green glass bottles?

 

[FatDad]

I have read that green glass can lead to light contamination but how true this is I don't know. Plus I am sure much of the home brew made doesn't see a whole lot of light while it conditions in bottles anyway. But there are contradictory reports about green glass and I'm sure if it was a major issues so many breweries would not use green glass. This is a purely personal point of view I haven't personally tried green glass for beer (I know green wine bottles are fine).

Source: http://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/1431/using-grolsch-premium-lager-bottles-for-bottling

 

[Leon103]

I use some green and have no issues.