BeerBorg

I've placed my order for my capping equipment and have got a decent amount of glass bottles saved up, mostly just a mix of random pry off bottles I had already been saving because they were unique. But now I'm going to transition away from plastic and focus on glass so I wonder what are your favorite glass bottles to save? What brands do you look to keep and which ones were a bad experience? Be it capping or de-labeling.

When I used a wing capper Sam Adams were my favorite. With my bench capper it really doesnt matter.

Sam Adam's bottles are also my favorite bottle to cap because the caps go on so easy. But I don't have a favorite to save. I just save any bottle that has a pry off cap.

I use mostly S.A. or New Belgium. I soak the bottles in oxyclean free for a few hours, have not had a problem getting any label to fall off.

With a bench capper it really doesn't matter, as long as it's brown.

All that being said, there are some unique bottles out there.

Anchor: Tear-shaped bottle
Kona Brewing: Hawaiian island imprinted in glass
Odell Brewing: Hops imprinted on glass
Crabbie's Ginger Brew: Unique shape that I like
Red Hook: Unique bottle shape

Definitely like the unique bottles. I've got 6+ of the Kona Big Wave Golden Ale ones but I can't drink it because it gives me allergies. Nothing like blowing your nose while downing a beer. I do like those Red Hook ones too. I used to have a case of Red Stripe because I liked those bottles too but they have disappeared. Maybe for the best since they had painted on labels.

For a lot of painted bottles, soaking them in a solution of StarSan at 2X strength for 3-5 days seems to work.

When I do that I keep it out of the bottle and try to keep it off my hands.

Kealia wrote:For a lot of painted bottles, soaking them in a solution of StarSan at 2X strength for 3-5 days seems to work.

When I do that I keep it out of the bottle and try to keep it off my hands.

Good to know. I've got StarSan on it's way with my bottling equipment.