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[quickcluck]

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best place to get some??? We are making some an DH neglected to get the bottles first!!!

[Guest]

i'd try feecycle first or ask friends and neighbours.

 

failing that, I buy pop in glass bottles wherever possible and then save the bottles.

 

I have also asked a local restaurant to save me their bottles in the past, I usually give the boss a bottle of whatever I'm making in exchange

[Guest]

p.s. failing that, ask the local pub or try wilkinsons or your local home brew shop.

[kitchens]

Surely some friends or neighbours must leave some out for recycling. But you need to make sure you don't use the ones with screw tops!

[Mrs Webmuppet]

I know Wilkinsons stock them although the cheaper option would be to get them off friends or neighbours.

[Old Speckled Hen]

But you need to make sure you don't use the ones with screw tops!

 

Why not

I make blackberry wine every year using just the juice from blackberries ..... no water and no grape juice.

It needs eight months or so in the demi-john then two years or so in the bottle ... THEN it tastes like port ......heaven hic!!

I always use screw tops and have never had a spoilt bottle.

[Guest]

we try and use the screw tops too, much better I find as you don't have to drink the whole bottle in one go.

[kitchens]

Hi. I just don't use screw tops from used wine bottles. Just personal preference.

[Guest]

Hi. I just don't use screw tops from used wine bottles. Just personal preference.

 

I think we were confused because you said not to use them but didn't give a reason why We sterilise everything in Milton's solution first but you could still use screw top bottles but put corks in them instead

[kitchens]

I thought it was crossed wires. However on the subject of using screw tops ... my dad (who is a fussy old ) told me not to and I just believed him!!! He is obviously a !

[TAJ]

We usually ask everyone we know & local pubs to keep the bottles for us - given OH bottled 49 bottles (2nd batch) from our grape vines last week we needed quite a few! In past year OH has justified buying a case of full bottles to drink over the months before we need the bottles - apparently it works out cheaper than 'wasting money' buying empty bottles!

 

Tracy

[Guest]

.....OH has justified buying a case of full bottles to drink over the months before we need the bottles - apparently it works out cheaper than 'wasting money' buying empty bottles!

 

Tracy

 

I like his reasoning!

[quickcluck]

Sounds fair enough to me!

[Richard T]

I've read that you shouldn't use screw tops but I've never seen an explanation of why. As long as you sterilise everything I expect they'll be fine.

 

I have read that you shouldn't use corks in screw top bottles because the opening of the bottle isn't strong enough, so when you whack the cork in there's a danger that the bottle will break.

 

Personally, I don't waste money on buying empty bottles. Like TAJ's OH I buy wine bottles that already have something in, and reuse them once I've forced She Who Must Be Obeyed and myself to enjoy the contents.

[Couperman]

We just use either 2 litre cheapo pop bottles or the 5 litre plastic tubs the wine kit came in.

 

We brew 5 gallon batches and find sterilising 30 odd bottles way too much bother so that process became redundant.

 

The Rola Cola bottles look fine once you get the brown paper bag around them hic!

 

You can also get re-fillable bag in the box type things with taps on from

most home brew shops.

 

I have recycled ordinary ones too, but getting the tap out usually leads to personal injury from the sharp knife required to achieve it, so I gave up on that one when I got down to three fingers and my guitar playing started to suffer.

 

 

Kev.