Suitable Bottles

[BrotherMalice]

Hi Guys,

I have had a look (albeit a quick one) and have not seen a thread showing suitable bottles to use for our precious brews, does anyone know if such a thing exists?

I have read that some bottles are more difficult to use than others? Hobgoblin for example is difficult to cap without a bench capper & crabbies are difficult to get the labels off?

Cheers
Colin

 

[charlie_mead_face]

i had to buy 2 new different sized cappers when i started recycling bottles but if you have a bench capper you can get assorted size attatchments for them

 

[BrotherMalice]

I may have to get a bench capper in the future, have a hand capper at the moment, didnt realise there were different size caps though

 

[charlie_mead_face]

its not the caps its the top of the bottle neck, as far as i know they range from 25-29mm.
ps give crabbies bottles a soak skrach off the lable then lightly get a wire scourering pad on it to remove the thin metalic glue stuff

 

[BeerEagle]

I have pretty much standardised on a few. SWMBO brings me Bulmers bottles from work, labels soak off easily and they're a full pint. I get about a dozen a week. Magners (Irish Bulmers) are very similar.

For clear bottles (kept in a dark place, of course) I like Shepherd Neame bottles (not necessarily the beer), only 500ml but the labels soak of easily as well.

I also have a bottle of "sticky stuff remover" bought from eBay. Really good for getting residual glues off other bottles.

 

[Moley]

its not the caps its the top of the bottle neck, as far as i know they range from 25-29mm.

Not quite, standard size is 26mm and that will apply to almost all crown capped beer and cider bottles available in the UK.

Champagne, other sparkling wines and things like Leffe beer bottles are 29mm.

 

[Duncs]

If you're using a hand capper then you want bottles with a thick lip on the neck of the bottle so the capper can grip the bottle, like this one (but preferably in brown)

Not the ones with a thin or odd shaped lip like these

or

 

[nightsod]

Not capped bottles but: I like using the Lorina....

...bottles.
I find them cheapest at Ocado, the online supplier. In fact, they work out to be cheaper filled with premium quality pop as to buy empty from kitchen shops!
They're 750ml.