8gallonalchemy
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What are the most cost-effective bottle options for doing 3-5 gallon batches. Flip-top bottles seem like a good candidate since they're very reusable.
They're marginally harder to clean and sanitize.I don't see a downside to them.
I get 1L swing-tops for just a couple bucks each and they usually come pre-filled with a delicious soda. Downside is that they are usually clear glass.1L swingtops are my preference for the occasional time I bottle but they are pricy. If your on a tight budget reusing commercial bottles is a good option just abit more work. Cheers
Yea around here empty beer brown 1L swing tops go for 1-2 dollars so they are still considerably more than used regular beer bottles. At least for me personally I hate bottling more than anything so only having to get 20 1L bottles vs 50 regular ones and not having to deal with a capper on top is priceless. CheersI get 1L swing-tops for just a couple bucks each and they usually come pre-filled with a delicious soda. Downside is that they are usually clear glass.
What are the most cost-effective bottle options for doing 3-5 gallon batches. Flip-top bottles seem like a good candidate since they're very reusable.
I've bottled >160 batches in the past 20 years. I love my Grolsch bottles and use them a lot. However I still have to say that out of all the different bottles I've tried, my favorites are still the good old 12-oz brown bottles. You can give them away to friends, you can send them to competitions, and they only hold 12 oz beer, not 15 or 22 oz or more. Sometimes you don't want or need that kind of volume. My favorite bottles now are some 7? or 8? oz bottles that somebody found for me. I only have 6 of them.
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