Swing top bottles

[hughjamton]

In normal times, today, I'd be driving back from a long weekend to the xmas market in Monschau Germany.
Of course I buy the odd bottle of beer, normally either 125 or 150 and a couple of 30 litre barrels of Fruh.
Quality Kolsh beers start at less than 9 euros for 20 500cl bottles including a crate, fantastic beers, such as Monchsof or Leikeim, in flip top bottles are less than 14 euros, there's a small deposit to pay, about 4 euros a crate for the flip tops, less for the other bottles.
Poxy pandemic.

 

[hedgerowpete]

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?

And thats why i suggested having your area on the post,
brilliant offer HB

 

[hedgerowpete]

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In normal times, today, I'd be driving back from a long weekend to the xmas market in Monschau Germany.
Of course I buy the odd bottle of beer, normally either 125 or 150 and a couple of 30 litre barrels of Fruh.
Quality Kolsh beers start at less than 9 euros for 20 500cl bottles including a crate, fantastic beers, such as Monchsof or Leikeim, in flip top bottles are less than 14 euros, there's a small deposit to pay, about 4 euros a crate for the flip tops, less for the other bottles.
Poxy pandemic.

lets not forget that fantastic mustard factory there as well

 

[hughjamton]

Pete, Senfe (mustard) sauce over a vienna schnitzel with chips in the Zum Taller washed down with several pints of Schwarzbier.
God I miss it!!!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Pete, Senfe (mustard) sauce over a vienna schnitzel with chips in the Zum Teller washed down with several pints of Schwarzbier.
God I miss it!!!

Like the schnitzel but love senfe on a Bratwurst

 

[chopps]

I miss my regular Munich fix
My office is between the Augustiner brewery and Thereisenwiese. You can smell the brewery in the air. Come on 2021!

 

[Nicks90]

One of my previous customers used to be based just outside Neckarsulm.
Fond memories (and quite a few vague memories!!!!) Neckarsulmer Brauhaus, cracking place and excellent beer

 

[hughjamton]

The best sausage man no longer goes to Monschau market, Thurmiger Wurst, made with wild boar, out of this world.

 

[Hsb]

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?

Thanks very much for your offer, unfortunately I live down near selsey on the coast so a little too far, but thanks again

 

[Hawksy]

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

Nice... or Bernard Beer

 

[Hawksy]

Just don’t use clear bottles. UV rays could breakdown the hop acids and combine with the sulphur = skunky beer

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Just don’t use clear bottles. UV rays could breakdown the hop acids and combine with the sulphur = skunky beer

Actually your advice should be to not store your beer anywhere it will be in direct sunlight. I’ve used clear bottles for three years and *never* had a skunky beer. Many commercial beers also come in clear glass bottles.

 

[VW911]

Clear are fine. It's the green ones that cause the most problems...

 

[Hawksy]

Actually your advice should be to not store your beer anywhere it will be in direct sunlight. I’ve used clear bottles for three years and *never* had a skunky beer. Many commercial beers also come in clear glass bottles.

Your right but that’s why I deliberately said uv rays ‘could’.

 

[Hawksy]

Those commercial brews use isomerised hop extract or have uv protected glass

 

[Alastair70]

£1 a pop in IKEA, plain glass, but no delivery charges.

 

[Tanglefoot]

I much prefer clear, you can marvel at the clarity of your beer and maximise pouring before avoiding any sediment.

I store them in the cardboard box they came in out of the light.
Also makes bottling easier as you can see the level as it fills.

 

[VW911]

I much prefer clear, you can marvel at the clarity of your beer and maximise pouring before avoiding any sediment.

I store them in the cardboard box they came in out of the light.
Also makes bottling easier as you can see the level as it fills.

Same, for all the above reasons!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Those commercial brews use isomerised hop extract or have uv protected glass

In that case you’re better informed than I am. My 200 clear glass bottles though are not UV protected to my knowledge and my beer is fine in them. I just keep them out of the sun.

My point was that you shouldn’t discount clear glass bottles, keeping sun off your beer is the key point however you do it.

 

[Cestrian]

Nice... or Bernard Beer

used to love bernard dark pils. was gutted when tesco stopped selling it.

where can you get it from nowadays?