Swing top bottles

[Hsb]

Hi guys, where’s the cheapest place to buy swing top bottles? Thanks

 

[hedgerowpete]

Hi guys, where’s the cheapest place to buy swing top bottles? Thanks

Grolsh is now back in Tescos, if you want the route of drink and refill. You have an other option is to wait for someone to put a load for sale on ebay or face book and then be willing to travel to collect them. The travel is very important.

Here on this site it would help your case if you said where you live. So say someone like me reading this wanted to sell some or someone with a load spare or wanted to donate would know if your interested.

Second hand ebay records show a crate and 16 bottles is roughly selling at £25 to £35 and bottles on their own at roughly a quid, i dont know what they cost to buy new.

 

[NormanHurst]

Not as cheap as ebay etc but I got mine from Brew2Bottle. V happy with the bottles and service was excellent.

 

[Brewnaldo]

A case of Hacker Pschorr is the correct way to procure swing tops IMO

 

[obscure]

I bought a load a while ago from here

https://www.world-of-bottles.co.uk/...es/500ml-brown-beer-bottle-master-brewer.html
40 Bottles delivered would be fifty euros (they ship from Germany), and do have price breaks based on volume I.e. 50 bottles would be 55 euro.

Brew2bottle are currently out of stock but would hopefully have them again before too long

https://brew2bottle.co.uk/products/amber-glass-swing-top-bottles-500ml-15-pack

 

[Oneflewover]

The Range possibly
https://www.therange.co.uk/cooking-...me-brew/make-your-own-beer-bottle-pack#499796I got 4 boxes of these several (4?) years ago and they are still going strong

 

[Pezza24]

Wilko sell them but they're clear if I remember correctly.

 

[Hsb]

Any problem with using clear then? Also I’m using plastic at the moment but wondering how long it’ll be before the plastic taints the beer?

 

[Pezza24]

If you keep your beer in clear bottles you need to keep them out of the light as that can taint the beer in them. Most people use brown bottles.

 

[Pezza24]

https://www.therange.co.uk/cooking-...Cddb0YbkkcoMqsVg9mrzKBWnBoCCyQQAvD_BwE#499796
Edit: Sorry I see someone already posted this.

 

[obscure]

If you keep your beer in clear bottles you need to keep them out of the light as that can taint the beer in them. Most people use brown bottles.

That but also assuming you want more than a dozen bottles even factoring in shipping the Range ones are cheaper than Wilko.

 

[BlackRegent]

It depends how patient you are. If you need them asap I would just buy them from the Range or Brew2Bottle (when they have them in). If you can wait, by far the cheapest way of doing it is keeping your eyes peeled on Facebook Marketplace and waiting for some to come up. Someone was selling 60 original grolsch bottles in nice grolsch crates for £40 in Stockport not so long ago. I was tempted to get them even though I already have a load! They will come up eventually.

 

[traf]

Brew2Bottle are showing as having stock now, guys.

 

[Binkei Huckaback]

Are the bottles The Range and Wilko sell designed to withstand pressure? They may be for decorative purposes or for use with non-carbonated liquids only.

The new Grolsch bottles are likely to be non-returnable, so quite thin and unless you know exactly how much C02 there is in your beer and/or your beer has an infection, you could end up with bottle bomb. With bottles deisgned to be used multiple times, look for a scuff ring around the outside of the bottle where they've been in and out of crates and rubbed against each other on the bottling line. That and their heavier than usual weight will tell you how suitable they are for re-use.

 

[Oneflewover]

Are the bottles The Range and Wilko sell designed to withstand pressure? They may be for decorative purposes or for use with non-carbonated liquids only.

The new Grolsch bottles are likely to be non-returnable, so quite thin and unless you know exactly how much C02 there is in your beer and/or your beer has an infection, you could end up with bottle bomb. With bottles deisgned to be used multiple times, look for a scuff ring around the outside of the bottle where they've been in and out of crates and rubbed against each other on the bottling line. That and their heavier than usual weight will tell you how suitable they are for re-use.

They are purposed for homebrew. As I said I've been using them for years without problem, including for some very well carbonated beers.

 

[Andyroo Brew]

Don’t do what I did and buy a box of 20 bottles in Sainsbury’s and then on opening they were crown bottles! RTFL!! Tastes ok but not the same as when I drank it 20years ago.

 

[kelper]

Swing-top bottles are great until you knock one over and it releases beer every where! Keep them in a rack or box to prevent this.

https://brew2bottle.co.uk/collectio...rew2bottle-glass-amber-swing-top-beer-bottles
£12.95 for 15 x 500ml brown, swing-tops.

 

[rocketman_k]

HSB: Take a look at this thread for some ideas on buying brown swing tops from Germany with pre-installed beer

Swingtops

Cheers!

 

[Binkei Huckaback]

They are purposed for homebrew. As I said I've been using them for years without problem, including for some very well carbonated beers.

Sorry, I stand corrected. When I used to buy from Wilkinson's, I'd never seen those, only the flimsy ones.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Hi guys, where’s the cheapest place to buy swing top bottles? Thanks

I live in Maidstone, Kent and have some clear swing-top bottles you can have for nothing if you live close enough to collect.

Any good?