Grolsch beer bottles wanted for home brew

fdx

Im looking for grolsch beer bottles (the ones with ceramic swing cap)

As close to Cork or Midleton as possible - can collect any amount.
Empty (but can manage with full ones with plesure)

dazza161989

Ill keep an ear to the ground.

GY A1

full ones cost more )

BeerNut

Try contacting some specialty beer pubs like The Bierhaus or Mad Monk: they have to pay to dispose of bottles so might be happy to let you take them. Flensburger Pils and Weizen bottles are better than Grolsch because they're brown and half-litre. A few other German breweries we get here do brown half-litre swingtops as well.

fdx

dublin is a little far away...
but good idea I might check some pubs in Cork

for now I just ordered some bottles from homebrew internet shop.

BeerNut

fdx wrote: »

dublin is a little far away...
but good idea I might check some pubs in Cork

Try The Bierhaus on Pope's Quay, or the Mad Monk on Church Lane in Midleton.

fdx

ups....

I'm not realy up to date with pubs... even locals...
two small kids in da house and nite out is nearly impossible...

Thank you for info. will have to check mad monk at least once a week and make some bottles empty in there...

sharingan

What bottles did you get in the end?

Alpack and I think Home Brew West do brown swing tops the cheapest of all suppliers (but we are still talking over a euro each when bought in bulk).

If you really need bottles for a brew, and aren't too fussy plastic PET bottles (screw cap) are cheap and practical.

RebelButtMunch

Will you be able to sterilise the lids? I bought caps and a little device to snap them onto large Guinness bottles.

irish_goat

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

Will you be able to sterilise the lids? I bought caps and a little device to snap them onto large Guinness bottles.

Just throw the lids into your sterilising solution whenever you're doing the bottles.