WHERE TO BUY 500ml BROWN BEER BOTTLES

sky.boy

Hi, can anyone tell me where is the cheapest place to get 500ml brown beer bottles. Our home brew is nearly ready and we need to get this sorted quickly. Has anyone ever bought directly from a pub. If so. how much per bottle. Thanks guys

mayto

You can get new brown bottles here off thehomebrewcompany I think the bulmers bottles in pubs are reused so not sure if you will have luck there unless you pay something. How long is the beer fermenting?

BeerNut

The ox-bar ones are a little cheaper and don't require caps or a capper.

You needn't be in a rush, OP. Your beer will happily sit in the fermenter for five or six weeks with no ill effects.

Degsy

These swing tops from alpack are very good,,reusable and cheap too.

sky.boy

Its nearly 3 weeks in the fermenter now. Has anyone used the ox-bar bottles? Are they as good as glass bottles and will they last being reused over and over? Thanks for the replies so far

BeerNut

I've certainly had beer from ox-bar bottles and it was always totally fine. And yes, they are reusable.

sky.boy

Thanks for the advise beernut. Can you recommend a nice pale ale we can make? we made a red ale but i'm not really into ales. There's 5 of us making the stuff and the red ale was a group decision. yuk

BeerNut

sky.boy wrote: »

Can you recommend a nice pale ale we can make? ... i'm not really into ales.

:D

Any IPA kit really. The trick is to dry hop: throw 20g or so of leaf Cascade, Centennial or similar hop into the fermentor a week before bottling. Scoop it out with a sanitised sieve before you bottle to avoid clogging your syphon.

n97 mini

Degsy wrote: »

These swing tops from alpack are very good,,reusable and cheap too.

At €1.51 a bottle it's hard to recommend those when for not a lot more you can get the same bottle full of beer (Flensburger).

Grolsch can be had for around €1.80 a bottle. And don't worry about the green glass -- who leaves their beer sitting around in sunlight anyway!

evolving_doors

n97 mini wrote: »

At €1.51 a bottle it's hard to recommend those when for not a lot more you can get the same bottle full of beer (Flensburger).

Grolsch can be had for around €1.80 a bottle. And don't worry about the green glass -- who leaves their beer sitting around in sunlight anyway!

Where are those flensburgers at these days? (In dublin preferably!!!)

n97 mini

Saw them recently at Next Door on Sundrive Rd.

evolving_doors

Cool that's just round the corner, thanks a million

BeerNut

No! My supplier!

4 for €10 in Next Door. Very handy.

evolving_doors

BeerNut wrote: »

No! My supplier!

4 for €10 in Next Door. Very handy.

Secret's out now suckas, it's grolscohhsoch for the slow coaches.. (closing in 25mins)

n97 mini

BeerNut wrote: »

No! My supplier!

4 for €10 in Next Door. Very handy.

Hmm, have seen if 5 for €10.

Not sure Flensburger is that high quality, what with using hop extract and all.

BeerNut

n97 mini wrote: »

what with using hop extract and all.

Have a look at the ingredients on any German beer: it's pretty standard. In fact, it's fairly normal in breweries of any substantial size. Guinness is made with canned hop extract, for instance. The Germans are the only ones who tell us about it, however.

They're not great beers, but the Weizen is pretty decent, I think.

n97 mini

Yeah, exactly.

I wouldn't be putting Flensburger any higher up the food chain than Grolsch for example.

BeerNut

Sure, but the bottles aren't as good. The pils ones are green and the weizen ones aren't swingtop.

n97 mini

Nothing wrong with green bottles as long as you don't leave you beer sitting in the sun or under strip lights.

BeerNut

My beer fridge is glass-fronted and by a window, so I personally wouldn't trust 'em.

n97 mini

That doesn't sound very energy efficient!

I've been keeping all my bottles, brown and green, in the fridge, in the cupboard, and in the shed for years and they've suffered no harm.

n97 mini

One very slight downside to the Grolsch bottles is they're not quite 500ml. Only an issue when it comes to doing calculations.

rubadub

Eurospar killiney & dalkey both have (or had) flensburger.

a lad on this site had out of date 500ml brown swingtops selling for £1.50
www.beersofeurope.co.uk

slayerking

A mate of mine was in need of a few bottles for his first brew, and he got a few bag loads off the Bull and Castle.
Just give them a buzz and see if they have any lying around (if your based in Dublin that is!!!). They usually have loads and are happy to help us home brewers!! Worth a try.
All they need is a good clean and there good to go!

krochford

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056428228
im selling what your looking for. and then some.

Donny5

I have a friend who was selling crates of the Bulmers-style pint bottles in crates a while back. I'll see if he's still onto it.

kevco5

Get on to your local and ask them to keep non-returnable 500ml bottles for you, shouldn't be a huge problem for them.
A promise of a six pack of home brewed beer will always sweeten things for the barman!!!