magners bottles

[MARMITE]

Has anyone noticed that Magners bottles aren't so heavy as they used to be.My old ones are 970 grams but some recent ones only 700grams What does that leave us with?

[kevthebootboy]

Lighter bottles?

[flything]

Presumably you like drinking beer? Last time I looked most of it came packaged in something pretty much ideal for your home brew

[Russ]

My Magners bottles weigh 385g

.......if they have liquid in em there close to 970g

I'd assume the new ones will be OK as they still designed hold carbonated liquid - Wouldn't go mad with the priming though, and don't take my word for it

[MARMITE]

Sorry chaps I meant .97lbs for the old ones the new ones are .7lbs All measurements empty

[jat147]

....looks like things are tough at Magners eh? Maybe apples have gone up?

I think Russ is right, they're still enough to hold their fizzy stuff, so yours should be ok aswel
Only breakages I ever had were with 300ml Stella bottles full of a very lively Trippel

[booldawg]

I noticed they were lighter when I picked up 36 empties from local working mans club. All of them are stowed away with beer in - no problems.

Not sure if a bottle gets weaker and weaker the more you use it?

[TheMumbler]

I doubt repeated pressure of beer and CO2 (assuming they aren't overprimed) makes much odds to the the life of a bottle. Certainly swing top bottles are re-used on the continent so they must have a reasonable life span to make it worthwhile. I should think that being dropped on hard surfaces, knocked on things and chipped when taking the cap off probably contribute most a bottle breaking in the end.

At least some beer bottles are getting lighter, presumably to reduce shipping costs and to allow the companies to wax lyrical about the green benefits.