GrowleyMonster
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It sure would be nice to be able to buy new plastic bottle crates for a reasonable price. I have a bunch of old 24 bottle Coke cases and they hold 12oz bottles just fine. Unfortunately most of my bottles are 16oz flip top and only about a case of 12oz and some 22oz. I have two 12 bottle Falstaff crates that I paid way too much for, and I really don't want to pay $35 or more each shipped, for enough crates to store a reasonable amount of beer. I didn't see any crates at NB or MB. I could make wooden ones, but my time is worth something. I like the form factor of the 12 bottle Falstaff crates, which do hold the 16 oz bottles nicely. People think they are made out of gold or something. A lot of them don't have the dividers, either. The original cardboard boxes that the bottles ship in are fine, until they have been moved around a few times, or have gotten wet. Also salvaged bottles don't always come in cases, depending on source.
So I am just wondering what homebrewers are doing for cases, those who bottle. I generally keg, but I am looking at probably bottling the current batch due to lack of empty kegs. Mine are all full which is a good thing I guess but I don't want to buy more kegs. It makes Mrs. Monster see red when I mention that I am all out of kegs and need a couple more. Plus sometimes it is handy to have nice portable bottles on hand. In nice, portable, protective crates.
So I am just wondering what homebrewers are doing for cases, those who bottle. I generally keg, but I am looking at probably bottling the current batch due to lack of empty kegs. Mine are all full which is a good thing I guess but I don't want to buy more kegs. It makes Mrs. Monster see red when I mention that I am all out of kegs and need a couple more. Plus sometimes it is handy to have nice portable bottles on hand. In nice, portable, protective crates.