Thunder_Chicken
Well-Known Member
I feel that I must confess a sin. I...I..bought 4 cases of empty beer bottles today so I can bottle my brews.
My brewing was getting ahead of me. I have 5 gallons of hard cider stashed under the sink, 5 gallons of beer ready to bottle, and another 5 gallons cranking away in primary. I deliberately did a lot of quick turnaround small beers and ciders for summer drinking, and it needs to get bottled ASAP if I am going to enjoy it when the heat hits. Everything I have bottled now won't be ready for a while.
My buddies also homebrew and need their bottles, and I really couldn't get through 4 cases of anything in a week or so. So I broke down and bought empties. Works out to about $4 per six pack after shipping. I think with these I can start a rotation where I'll be emptying and filling bottles at more or less a steady rate.
How many bottles do most of you (those who bottle anyway) have in rotation? With these additions I'll have over 200 in circulation.
And to forestall the inevitable "Why not keg?" question - no refrigerator space and personal preference. It's easier to store, age, transport, and gift my brews, plus having beer on tap in the house would be dangerous - sorta like to have bottlecaps to count to monitor my consumption rate.
My brewing was getting ahead of me. I have 5 gallons of hard cider stashed under the sink, 5 gallons of beer ready to bottle, and another 5 gallons cranking away in primary. I deliberately did a lot of quick turnaround small beers and ciders for summer drinking, and it needs to get bottled ASAP if I am going to enjoy it when the heat hits. Everything I have bottled now won't be ready for a while.
My buddies also homebrew and need their bottles, and I really couldn't get through 4 cases of anything in a week or so. So I broke down and bought empties. Works out to about $4 per six pack after shipping. I think with these I can start a rotation where I'll be emptying and filling bottles at more or less a steady rate.
How many bottles do most of you (those who bottle anyway) have in rotation? With these additions I'll have over 200 in circulation.
And to forestall the inevitable "Why not keg?" question - no refrigerator space and personal preference. It's easier to store, age, transport, and gift my brews, plus having beer on tap in the house would be dangerous - sorta like to have bottlecaps to count to monitor my consumption rate.