Bottling advice

[Matt24]

Can someone please help.

I normally use a pressure barrell for dispensing my beer, but I have started a small 2 gallon batch of an odd ball brew which will have to be bottled.

The thing is, I have never bottled before so was wondering if it would be worth getting some glass brown beer bottles and crown capper, or should I just use PET bottles?

Depending on how drinkable this brew turns out, I will be giving away a few bottles so presentation is a bit of a factor, but also so is the type of beer. Its a strong dark beer so I was thinking that if racked into clear PET bottles, any exposure to light may impair the flavour of the beer quite significantly.

Any thoughts on this?

[jubby]

I would go with the brown glass bottles. Have a word with your local pubs, Magners bottles are good. For a bottling procedure, use this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6647

[trucker5774]

I read it twice....................yes you said give some beer away..............never before has such a thing been done. Can this be true?

If you feel you must sin in such a manner a nice pesentation would be the grolsch, flip top type of bottles. Otherwise, I use plastic PET bottles all the time..........cheap and available!

[shandypants5]

I bet you have one of these Trucker.. http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-bee ... id-31.html

[pauljmuk]

I started off using a mix of glass bottles and PET's in 2 litre size.

To be honest, I am now begging, borrowing and stealing to go all glass for a simple reason - the PET's are too big I think - second pint always more cloudy, and If I've made a strong brew, and only manage a couple of pints, the remaining two pints the next day taste dire.

The obvious alternative is 1 litre bottles of course, but I figure that if I am going to the trouble of bottling more, smaller, bottles - then go for glass.

Pubs are usually happy to give you the glass, as most in non returnable now, and they only have to take them to the bottle bank themselves anyway - I've had loads like that.

Currently have 40 pints of Wherry on the go and 30 pints of Tarwebier and glad to say I have more than enough glass to bottle it all!

[Matt24]

I read it twice....................yes you said give some beer away..............never before has such a thing been done. Can this be true?

If you feel you must sin in such a manner a nice pesentation would be the grolsch, flip top type of bottles. Otherwise, I use plastic PET bottles all the time..........cheap and available!

You'll notice that I said depending on how drinkable it is. If it's good, then they aint having any, lol

[floydmeddler]

These are great:

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