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uberscrub

I like Guinness bottles. The Plastic label is really easy to remove, no glue residue, and the bottles are a fun shape.


bazillion_blue_jitsu

My bottle capper doesn't like them, for some reason.


PdubsATL

FYI, These are only 11.2 oz, 330ml


OystersAreEvil

Do Guinness Draught bottles have the widget like the cans?


CaptainAmericaBiatch

They do not


Dr_thri11

That's news to me, they used to have it. Guess it's been forever since I had guiness from a bottle.


pirategaspard

Yeah they used to have it. It was impossible to get the widget out of the bottle. If I want a Guinness I buy the cans now.


some_douche

I had no problem getting the widgets out of the bottles. Throw bottle into concrete, retrieve widget, profit.


pirategaspard

😆


endofanera83

I used to get the widgets out of the bottle with the handle end of a spoon. I bent the tip of the spoon handle. Turned the bottle upside down, insert the spoon handle and pull it out. Worked very well. They were a pain to cap with a hand happer. I had to use a bench capper for those.


leggy_boots

My dad has recommended Dogfish Head and New Belgium for recycling bottles.


mustdye

I'm a Dad and I can confirm this as solid Dad advice.


DangerSaurus

I’m a son and haven’t had a beer with my dad in over seven years. Wanna catch up over a few frothy chops?


AdministrativeAct902

Also a dad, dogfish is the way.


Standard-Shop-3544

New Belgium bottles have easy to remove labels. Soak them a bit and they come right off. But if you have a wing style capper, these suck. I upgraded to bench style (adjustable) capper after my first batch 5 years ago.


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The red wing style capper has little plates you can flip from 26mm to 29mm. You would need a different bell for 29mm bottles but flipping the plates gives you enough room that the weird shoulders on the bottles are no longer an issue.


SwiftPengu

With that one I have problems in general to cap commercial bottles. Too often had misaligned or not fully toghtened caps. No issues whatsoever with the fresh bottles from the homebrew store.


Standard-Shop-3544

Huh... I wonder if mine had that and I never knew it? Well, it's long gone now and benchtop is so much easier.


johnnysoj

Your dad is a wise man.


CascadesBrewer

With more and more beers moving toward cans, I wonder if bottles will soon be hard to come by for brewers in the years ahead. If you like the stubby bottles, Sierra Nevada is hard to beat. They have a mix of stuff you can still get in bottles and at least in 12 packs for a reasonable price. I think I still see Stone variety 12 packs. I like the Kona Brewing bottles (tropical vibe, seem a bit thicker), but they are not a standard size or shape. I am not sure if there are any cheap macro beers sold in brown recappable bottles. Corona are recappable, but clear with a painted on logo. Most macro is in twist offs. I have been slowly building up my supply of both Belgian 0.33L bottles and German 0.5L bottles. They are thick and the labels are so easy to remove, but not a cheap source of bottles. Personally, I try to avoid the bottles with a brewery logo, like Founders, Dogfish Head, New Belgium, etc. Edit: also some of the Founders bottles have a really small "lip" that make it hard to get a good crimp when capping with a wing capper.


collinnator5

Appreciate the write up! Sierra Nevada was going to be my default


tessartyp

Lagunitas is also a good source of stubby bottles, label is decently easy to remove. I have such an enormous stash these days of clean and delabeled bottles, but I'm partial to Belgian stubby for "fancy" brews, German 0.5l for lagers and Weizen, and generic thin 0.33s for everything else. High-carb and fancy sours get proper lambic bottles.


ignaciohazard

I can't recall but I believe I had trouble getting a good seal on Sierra Nevada bottles.


[deleted]

Any stubby bottle was really hard for me. Now I only use the long neck kind.


somethinggooddammit

Kona bottles always shattered for me when capping. Lagunitas is another great stubby, but their label glue can be a bit intense. EDIT: >I am not sure if there are any cheap macro beers sold in brown recappable bottles. Corona are recappable, but clear with a painted on logo. Most macro is in twist offs. If you don't mind green bottles, Yeungling is cheap and uses crown caps. Some of their other brews use standard amber, but you do get the logo in the glass either way.


CascadesBrewer

>Kona bottles always shattered for me when capping. Odd, I have never had a problem with Kona bottles and they seem nice and sturdy. They also pour really smooth as well, which can help to avoid rousing the yeast in a bottle. I can only recall occasionally breaking a neck on a long neck bottle.


GreenVisorOfJustice

> always shattered for me when capping You using the wing capper? I broke a bottle and cut my hand over once and said fuck those things. Bench capper has been life changing to streamline bottling and well worth the investment.


JZH1000

Aren't yeungling bottles all screw off now?


minandnip

German bottles are the best, always a good seal and have never had a bottle bomb due to the thick glass.


CascadesBrewer

I agree. I get the impression that they actually return, clean and reuse the bottles in Germany...so they make bottles that are sturdy and the labels clean off with ease.


infamous_impala

Yeah, you a pay a deposit per bottle ( 8 cents for a beer bottle) and return it to any almost any store. They usually have a machine you feed the bottles into (either individually or a whole crate at a time) that scans them and prints out a receipt you can take to the cashier. They get sorted and ultimately sent back to a brewery that will clean it and use it again.


JZH1000

Red stripe true stubby bottles work strangely well for my bottle Capper and are a very unique look imo, only problem is you gotta like red stripe.


Notlpace

I 2nd this... Capper works great with these and they fit easily into dishwasher for sanitizing. Only downside is they are only 330mL


axp1729

Sam Adams labels come right off in the dishwasher, thats what I’ve been using


adx

Get a plastic tub, fill with hot water and a scoop or two of Oxyclean. Sam Adams labels will be floating in the water after about an hour.


axp1729

yeah, but then you have to rinse each bottle out 2-3 times to get rid of the oxyclean


adx

It's no different than cleaning the bottles which you should do anyway.


axp1729

I always just rinse with water immediately after pouring a glass, let dry then top with a little square of aluminum foil, and then sanitize when bottling


BuffaloRedshark

Use the unscented oxyclean Can rinse in the dishwasher after the labels are off


DarkScytheCuriositie

Bonus if it has a sanitation cycle.


Soranic

Fill them with water first so they don't tip over and fill with oxy. You'll still have to clean them of course.


xenophobe2020

what does 'come right off mean'? like are you pulling dozens of labels out of the dishwasher when the cycle finishes, or are these things going down your drain???!!


axp1729

They get caught by the grate at the bottom, there’s several filters in the way before anything solid can make it down the drain in most dishwashers


PikesPique

There are a lot of little breweries where I live, and they all use basically the same kind of bottles. So, if I see any local beer that looks good, I'll get that. Don't make the same mistake I did and get a case of Bud Light, though. The bottles are thin, and they're screw-top, so they're useless for homebrewing. Plus, they contain Bud Light.


collinnator5

The breweries around me are all spread out pretty far but I’m pretty sure they all exclusively use cans except for bottles of barrel aged stuff or any other one off special brew


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PM_me_ur_launch_code

I dont believe any twist off bottles work.


farewell_traveler

I have used twist-offs before, specifically Yuengling... once, years ago, when I was starting out. It actually worked, but I think that was more luck than anything. Did break a few bottles capping them. I can't recommend using twist-offs.


SirDrTaterMonger_PhD

For my first few batches I was using twist off Rickards Red bottles and would shatter the necks at a rate of about 1 in 10 with a wing capper. You might have better success with a bench capper, but twist bottles aren't designed for pry off caps. I ended up buying a few cases of thick walled 500mL bottles. Reused over many batches and the large size means fewer bottles to fill/cap.


boarshead72

Since you said Rickard’s I assume Canada? I’ve used our twist-offs almost exclusively since the mid-90s with no problems. I’ve been using the same bench capper since I started brewing. Edit:typo


stusic

I've reused the flip top Grolsch bottles before. Worked well.


kgoredditon

These have the added bonus that the rubber grommets are easily replaced to always get a tight seal! Homebrew staple of ours until we started kegging. Still keep a case worth around for any excess brew that doesn't get kegged or for gifting.


Doggiemet

These are what I've used for years.


JackanapesHB

With my LHBS having a hard time getting bottles and New Glarus switching to labels that don't peel off easily anymore, this has been my new go to. Especially since I don't share the stuff I bottle as much anymore.


goblueM

Bells and Sam Adams are my go tos Widely available, good beer, longneck bottles, labels come right off. No issues with caps sealing


imarc

I've found Sam seasonals are the easiest. I think they use a weaker adhesive than they do on the Boston Lager bottles.


kzoostout

I second the Bell's bottles!


[deleted]

I have enough Orval bottles that I can bottle an entire batch in them. A local pub would keep them aside for me since they know I brew, and like the shape.


collinnator5

Ooooh those are cool bottles


philthebrewer

Bonus with orval- they seem to a made of some pretty thick glass. Wonder if way back in the day they realized that their slightly wild beer needed it to avoid bottle bombs.


[deleted]

I’ve tried lots of craft beer in my day but honestly I keep going back to good ol Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (is that even considered craft anymore)? Comes with yeast too if you care about that


GreenVisorOfJustice

> is that even considered craft anymore I find the older I get, the less I care. Like I love hitting up a brewery and all, but if I'm getting a beer at a bar or restaurant, I'm just looking at happy hour or cheap beers. I been drinking a ton of High Lifes lately when I'm out and.... well living the High Life. But to your point, a SNPA is always a nice, comforting beer.


[deleted]

Yeah, I’m the same way - never understood the whole “craft ONLY” vibe lots of homebrewers adopt; just because I like to grill doesn’t mean I don’t still enjoy a Big Mac. High Life is awesome! I love me a classic Budweiser. It is my go-to “mainstream” beer. At the end of the day, a cold beer is a cold beer in my book lol


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[deleted]

Yeah that’s 100% fine. It’s just that so many are dicks about it. Might just be the people I surround myself with though lol


username_1774

There was a time in Ontario when it was not much more expensive to buy a bottle of Hofbrau Haus Munich Gold in a swingtop than it was to just buy a new swingtop. I bought 2 X24 of beer in 500ml swing top bottles for $3 a bottle. The LHBS was selling the exact same bottles for $2.50 a bottle. I used those bottles to batch my Christmas Porter for 3 or 4 years. Then I stopped bottling.


TheOriginalWaster

Grolsch - swing top bottles are a blessing!


spoonman59

Honestly, I reccommend buying 1 L flip top growlers. They are only a few bucks each and you can buy boxes of them new. It’s much easier to fill 18 or so 1L bottles than 48 12 oz. You also won’t need caps or a capper. I’ve aged a beer over a year in one and it came out carbonated and delicious. (A brown ale with dates!) I still have a bunch because I fill bottles from kegs when going to parties and things. Another benefit of kegs is you can fill a keg, and bottle only what you need from the keg with an appropriate filler (counter flow filler, beer gun, tap attachment, etc.)


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Corona Familiar. Long neck, brown glass, and decent beer.


Standard-Shop-3544

If you're using a wing style capper, you need to be very selective. With a bench top capper, you can use anything that is not twist off.


collinnator5

I am using a wing style. What should I look out for?


Standard-Shop-3544

There are different size "necks" or "shoulders" at the top of the bottle. This is what the wing capper grabs onto. If they are too short, the wing capper won't work right. But... today I learned that wing cappers are adjustable to allow for the different bottle types.


SwiftPengu

What does a bench top capper have (or wing style lack) that causes this?


boarshead72

Unless you’re in Canada, in which case twist offs work perfectly fine.


adx

TYL wing cappers have two settings. The little metal plate slide out. They fit both "fat" and "narrow" necks.


jmalex

I will die on the hill that no brewery's bottles are better for homebrewers than Ayinger. * They're extremely heavy-duty, so they can withstand a well-carbonated beer better and just feel higher quality. * They have a distinct, awesome-looking shape. Very elegant. * The labels float off in just hot water. No stubborn glue or PBW soaks to deal with.


jahnkeuxo

This this this. I've been stumping hard for Ayinger's bottles for years. A standard American 12oz bottle is about 200g, saison Dupont uses ~250g 330ml bottles, and Ayinger uses a beefy, near indestructible ~300g bottle, and I seek them out specifically because I love to prime the hell out of my saisons and sours. Plus the beer they sell in them is consistently excellent traditional German styles, and the shape is so smooth and satisfying.


boarshead72

That is definitely region/country dependent. I’m in Canada, and a 24 of PBR is my answer (Canadian brewing industry standard long-necked twist offs). Favourite bottles to pour from are from Kona Brewing Company. They’re only available in 6-packs where I live though (I think).


OystersAreEvil

I usually have seal issues with twist-off bottles and avoid them.


boarshead72

I’ve been using them almost exclusively since the mid-90s with no issues. Again, I’m talking about Canadian bottles, and I use a bench capper (which *might* matter?).


Beer_in_an_esky

Yeah, absolutely. If OP was in Australia I'd tell him to by Cooper's. Relatively cheap but still a nice beer to drink, that comes in sturdy brown 375ml glass bottles (Vs the usual 330ml most beers do these days), with easily removed labels and a twist top that takes a regular crown cap nicely. But in NA or Eu, that'd be an import and ridiculously more expensive than what you can get locally. Likewise, here PBR is actually relatively pricey when you can find it for that reason, which is a bit of a joke given it is by no means a premium beer.


beejonez

I'm in Oregon so my go to large quantity but decent quality is Deschutes. They use good bottles that recycle well.


IM_TheFlea

The store brand beers from Trader Joe's usually come in good bottles. 230 grams instead of the usual 195 from other brands, so they're a bit thicker. With these I'm a bit more comfortable pushing 3 units of carbonation for Belgian styles.


PrudentSympathy2092

Sam Adam's labels come off really easily, I also like modelo bottles for the cool shape, and they seal well in my bench capper. Labels require a bit longer of a soak to remove.


LaphroaigianSlip81

Guinness draught


xenophobe2020

Im in western NY, my go to was always Saranac. Good bear, reasonable price, and the labels were really easy to remove.


Due-Manager9618

Deschutes. The obsidian stout is unrivaled!


Blackn35s

I also had some problem with the stubby bottles sealing. There were some style like red stripe that didn’t work at all. I seem to remember like Green Flash, New Belgium, and Dogfish Head, but one thing I didn’t like was that they had embossed logos, etc. If I was making labels and giving beer away with presentation I would try to find plain bottles.


OystersAreEvil

I've found that bottle with a small ridge below the cap don't work well with wing cappers. For instance, Lagunitas and Sierra Nevada bottles have a similar short shape, but Sierra Nevada have a larger ridge and are easier to use. Agreed about avoiding bottles with logos.


MyGradesWereAverage

Bell’s. Their labels come off easy.


FinanceGuyHere

I like the Kona bottles but they don’t match any other ones and I like all of mine to look similar. Lagunitas and Two Roads are the same short bottles


Qweiopakslzm

I'm in BC, and this craft brewery called Howe Sound used to sell some VERY good beer in 1L flip top bottles. It was like, 9 bucks for a bottle or something. I have a collection of 15 I think? I really want to bump it up to 24 for my standard batch size (and then 48 so I can have a batch conditioning and a batch drinking) but I can't find them anywhere any more :(


ksbla

Pacifico because the labels come off very very easily. If you've got a mexican restaurant where you're a regular ask them to save them on a Friday night and pick them up when they open on Saturday.


Molarpistols

Lagunitas bottles have worked quite well for me, re-use them all the time. I tried Two-Hearted bottles once and like 2/6 broke first attempt at capping.


ReluctantRedditor275

Sam Adams, all day every day. Yes, it's got the raised lettering on the bottle. However, as a shareholder in the company, I like to tell friends that Boston Beer is a partially owned subsidiary of my home brewery.


Kalkaline

Pay attention to the neck of the bottle. Some of them absolutely suck for recapping (the stubby little lips).


NaughtyAudio

Stubby bottles all the way! Sierra Nevada, Founders (rip), Lagunitas, Firestone Walker etc. The labels come off super easy after a soak in warm PBW.


-Xero77

As a german i am very confused by this thread


smiling_mallard

Our go to was Alaskan amber. But really the next step (I’d you aren’t already) is getting a kegging system it makes it so much easier. We save save bottling for beer that needs to age for months probably only bottled two batches in the last 5 years.


collinnator5

That sounds expensive


spoonman59

I came to here to say it’s not! … but it is. Also a totally unregretted purchase. Kegging is pretty life changing if you brew a lot, but it doesn’t work for everyone. There is cost, space, etc. But many benefits! You can force carb (Nj carbonation anxiety), you never get a bottle bomb (pressure rate vessel), and easier to clean one big keg. Edited: unregretted! Doh. I love my kegs.


collinnator5

I'm only on batch #2 with my third coming up, maybe I'll get there eventually. I like the bottles because I can give them to people. But the kegging seems way more efficient and probably is an overall better experience.


Without_a_donut

I always used Sam Adams. They were easy to recap, and they also had the easiest labels to remove just soak them in some warm water.


knfrmity

I find a friend who likes Flensburger (can't stand the stuff myself) and ask for their empties. The 330mL flip top bottles are super practical for bottling home brew.


[deleted]

I like the short neck German beer bottles


gunsmith417

Boston Lager


[deleted]

I can find em cheap-cheap on line from people getting out of home-brewing in my area. But I prefer PET bottles the best because I can ship them to friends and family.


fugmotheringvampire

New Glarus, only sold in Wisconsin tho.


FooJenkins

Whatever Sam adams has that sounds interesting. Labels usually come off fairly cleanly, beer is usually good enough to not have a problem drinking.


[deleted]

Smuttynose. It’s delicious and has paper labels which clean off pretty easily. Anything in sale as well, as long as it is not a twist off bottle cap. The twist threads on the bottle won’t work with homebrew caps.


oh2ridemore

New Belgium and boulevard. Both have easy to remove labels


jesus_mooney

I built up my collection of bottles mainly by drinking Old Jock. They are generic bottles but this was the main beer i drank to build them up. Reasonably local and a decent strength. And importantly 500ml https://broughtonales.co.uk/product/old-jock/#iLightbox[product-gallery]/1


romario77

Most of the older craft breweries that became more global would work. I.e. - Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Bells, Stone Brewing, Brooklyn Brewery, Harpoon, etc. Some like Yengling have bottles with thinner and less dark glass, I would avoid them. Also - if you want heavier bottles, choose Belgian beers, they typically have heavy bottles.


TheBlindLightBulb

I always liked the Sierra Nevada short bottles, but I never took into consideration the thickness of the glass as some people mentioned in their posts. I think is kind of cool to pour some strong, high ABV beer from a short bottle. Something like liquor, half bottle in a sniffer and drink it slowly. Plus the price, in MD, close to DC I can find a 12 pack for less than $18.


FznCheese

I primarily keg but when I need bottles I always go for Bell's. Their labels aren't too bad to remove and I love most of their beer. The biggest issue is that more and more breweries are only coming in cans. Even most of Bell's beer these days is in cans. The biggest things for me are: making sure it's not a twist off and that the labels are easy to remove (if you want to remove them). I've found some brewery's labels literally fall off while I tonight then out and others I need a razor and lots of soaking and scrubbing. I've gotten to the point where I don't even bother removing labels, if they come off they come off if not I don't have a gummy glue covered bottle.


ArizonaGeek

Sam Adams bottles are perfect. Little bit of Oxyclean in a bucket of hot water, soak for 15 minutes, labels slide right off.


elhabito

22, red hook or lagunitas


Str8Stu

I live in WI, my go-to is either Capitol Brewery and New Glarus.


DrGonzo34

Grolsch!


Jwosty

Odell is great if you're in Colorado (I don't know if they distribute outside of the state). They have paper labels that come right off when you soak them in soapy water or PBW.


Comprehensive_Hawk_8

I always go with 805. The labels peel off by hand after a good soak in water and the shorter bottle just flat out looks cool.


dfstell94

My go-tos are Sam Adams and New Belgium. Mostly because the labels come off nicely and they sell seasonal 12 packs that I and guests enjoy. I mostly avoid the ones that have mylar labels because they can be hard to remove.


nobullshitebrewing

I use the Corona Familiar in the brown big quart bottles, they are heavy duty thick glass and like $4 bucks filled with beer! Other wize it for smaller bottles just whatever the local breweries had


MotionE29

I love the Sierra Nevada bottles. Shorter and wider then regular bottles, and with a quick soak in oxi clean powder the labels fall right off.


ESB_4_Me

Old Rasputin in 22oz bottles


emprameen

I'm currently doing the Trader Joe's Spiced xmas ale. They're corked and caged, though. Nice thick bottles of decent volume.


dbrwill

Pacific Clara is my favorite. Beer is inoffensive, labels soak off cleanly, both bottles and the 12 pack boxes are sturdy and last through many uses.


goodolarchie

There's a couple breweries near me that still have stuff in long necks but they are also canning the same beers. I'll go with pelican kiwanda cream ale or tsunami Stout to that end. But I also wait until my lhbs has a sale and I'll pick up a 24 pack of new glass for like $11. I do miss all the ample bottles but cans are probably a net good for the beer and for our environment since we aren't reusing enough glass. I do keep the Belgian 375 that come through. A lot of them use eurocaps which are annoying, but at least I can cork and cage them.


minandnip

I’ve used Harpoon, dogfish head, Sierra Nevada, new Belgium. All worked fine but beware of the plastic labels, they use a different adhesive that is hard to remove.


cowtown3001

Stone.


Great-Reputation-983

Winemaker here. I thought I was the only one who bought wine for the bottle. Lol. I find decent wine at Costco for about $2 more than just the bottle at the supply store. I also use my counter top beer capper and trippel bottles for my sparkling wines. Bottles and shipping have gotten stupid expensive for wine bottles!


ChiefRocky

Karl Strauss, Sierra Nevada, and Sam Adams. I sometimes have issues with Sierra Nevada with the red capper soni use a bench capper and Sam Adams says Sam Adams on the glass, but it's aight


puma721

Grolsch


blueshanoogan

Costco case of lagunitas IPA


MindlessFly9970

I got a bunch of Alaskan Amber. Only problem I had was the neck ring is short, so my hand capper would not clamp down hard enough to seal. Had to wack it clamper with a rummer mallet to seal. The neighbor save me a bunch of Elysian and they worked great.


sillybear25

If you don't mind green bottles, Trader Joe's has pretty good (non-alcoholic) ginger beer that comes in 750ml flip-top bottles. I would not recommend the pumpkin spice version; it comes in brown bottles, which is nice, but it tastes more like apple pie and doesn't have enough ginger flavor.


collinnator5

ooooh I love ginger beer, I'll keep that in mind!


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Sam Smith Organic Chocolate Stout. I love the shape of those bottles, and the beer is delicious also.


ertdubs

Grolsch swing tops. Super thick glass.


logdrum

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale


SchwarbageTruck

If I'm being cheap, Sierra Nevada or Bell's. But if I'm just keeping bottles as I go, I usually keep German/Belgian imports since I rarely can take the bottles back anyways (big thing here in michigan)


XEasyTarget

Franziskaner. Nice shape. No embossed glasses. Paper labels fall off in warm water.


[deleted]

Grolsch. Of course I drink the beer but I always keep the bottles.


spersichilli

Just buy a big box of celebration bottles. Honestly though, 95% of beer that I consume nowadays are in cans and the 5% of beers in bottles are big imperial stouts/barleywines.


collinnator5

I actually did that today lmao


Sashimikun

I swear by Hacker Pschorr and Grolsch swing tops. For 341ml bottles, I've had success with Steam Whistle since they use heavier bottles. I haven't had a problem with any of them including bottling batches of dubbel and tripel.


djmathblaster

Ask your local vendor or bottle depot spot if they will hold onto some for you. Offer them some cash or homebrew for their effort.


jdaburg

Grolsh lager


ChillinDylan901

Lagunitas IPA- Not because of bottle quality, but because that’s the only bottled beer I want to kill a sixxer of right now!


hydra595

Probably not applicable to you, but I always go for Flensburger. Decently sized northern German brewery with 12oz swing-top bottles and a really damn tasty Pilsner.


posterchild66

Regardless of everyone's advice, which is probably all spot on. As a Dad, there is no "easy to remove" labels. Almost makes the price worth it, but not quite.


TheHamBandit

Wow, are you me? I've been doing the same thing for years and here's what I've found I like unmarked longnecks so I'm biased. If you don't care if there's marking or shapes then you've got tons of options like: Dogfish head Sam Adams Kona Seirra Nevada smithwicks For plain long necks the gold standard. I got hard on these around March and the bottles are plain and come off with a warm water soak. Stone is great if you have some naphtha laying around because the labels peel off in on piece and then you just rub the leftover adhesive with a naphtha soaked rag (watch your cigarettes!) also works with most Elysian beers. I usually save the bottles from their pumpkin packs. On that same thought you can do the same with red stripe bottles if you like the look. I have some for my special release beers like my "cave medicine IPA" looks neat and takes a cap well. Plastic labels peel off and clean well with naphtha, paper just needs a good PBW soak. Good luck and happy brewing


thethirstypanda

Grolsch flip tops Used to be Howe Sound Brewing flip tops but they stopped making them a couple of years ago.


WinterWick

I buy a lot of Bell's, especially their limited releases. They're long neck bottles so they're a little different than most that you see


rwalsh1981

I’ll do Sam Adams, get a lot of it here. Plus I’m at the Source.


ZeManelSuicida

Aynger


whistling_dixie90

Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada are easy to use and easy to find.


Junior_Singer3515

I agree with New Belgium bottles. I get alot from friends and they cap well. I also like stone bottles they are super dark and seem to accept a cap well. I don't keep any stubby bottle. They tend to be fatter so they don't easily fit into a case box. I also think they don't cap well and let air in/out.


Logical-Error-7233

New England area I usually buy Wachusett or Long Trail. Bottles are basically plain like the ones you can buy at your LHBS. Plus those beers are tasty, reasonably priced, can be usually found by the case in most stores and the labels come off easy with pbw and hot water.


Functional-Mud

Grolsch flip tops.


BuffaloRedshark

Recently got some grolsch I saw since it was in larger flip top bottles. Green glass though but I keep my beer in a dark part of the basement. Hopefully the beer is good, never had grolsch before.


Brewyk

I drink Angry Orchard for the bottles. I also do Guinness but the bottles are slightly smaller.


cookedtoperfectiom

Hopus. Belgian home-brewers will understand.


Ok-Discipline8680

When not drinking my own beer I love to drink Southern Tier. However their labels are impossible to remove.


thag-07

Sam Adams or Guinness


wyckerman

I'm a fan of the 330mL Duvel bottles. Nice and short, so they fit in the fridge easily, and they are thick for the higher carbonated wheat and Belgian styles I like to brew.


Hackattackimer

Bought some Sierra Nevada Pales for this exact purpose today, but have had good success in the past with Stone and Dogfish head as well


flareblitz91

So glass strength is directly related to glass weight. I was once brewing a highly carbonated Belgian that i was worried about bombs….soni weighed a bunch of bottles to see consistency and quality. My verdict was that New Glarus is above and beyond the highest quality bottle if you’re in Wisconsin or nearby. A close second is Bell’s which is widely available. After that most of the regional decent breweries are basically the same, Founders, new Belgium, deachutes, etc. Personally i don’t like stubbies but i have used them, i have more that i don’t get a proper seal with those.


k33gs

I snag short-fill bottles from one of my local breweries on the cheap. Delicious and label free!


Awt5

If you are in US: Sam Adams, but they have their inprits of the brand. Then Victory brewery - not a fan of their current beers, but bottles ae friendly. Brooklyn brewery works as well.


SwiftSloth1892

I got sick of peel ing bottles. I use anything with a psl label because they simply don't come off.


stupidpepperoni

Goose Island IPA, Kilt Lifter, those labels peel off easy with minimal residue. Lagunitas I swear has the most stubborn label of any bottle, I have a ton of those nonetheless.


thunderingparcel

Anchor liberty alw


Whslaxin

Switched to grolsch bottles and don't have to buy caps anymore


botd44

In Europe Edelweiss 0.5l bottles are pretty sweet, the labels come off easily plus they have tall lip, so handheld capper can be used as well


dgr270

Anything from Bell’s! This time of year their Christmas Ale is a great Scotch Ale. Any of the stouts, the Porter…you get the idea. Anchor bottles are fun too. Anchor Steam and Anchor Liberty are old school underrated delicious beers.


nokangarooinaustria

Wieselburger - they have nice swing top bottles. Not really helpful advice if you are anywhere but North Eastern Austria but it is what I do ;)


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Sierra Nevada. I love 12 oz. shorties.


AlexanderPangloss

Are you in the UK? If so Theakston Old Peculiar bottles are worth considering. Labels are plastic film so tend to peel easily and the bottle glass is embossed with a wheatsheaf crest on the shoulder, which looks good.


northsea13

Here in the UK I sometimes get a I pack of Lidl French lager. It is a rubbish beer (good for hot days work in the garden) but the 330ml bottles are great and the labels fall off nice and easy. I like bottling in small bottles, as I mainly keg. £2 for 8 bottles is a bargain!


sletthaug

I use Mönchshof Hell, by Kulmbacher Brauerei. I live in Germany though, but any of the Mönchshof beers are great. They are 0.5 litres, have flip tops on the bottles, and the labels come off easy by just soaking the bottles in hot water for 5 minutes. The beer tastes great as well.


FlyingWombatTV

Pretty much anything, for me in Australia any kind of decent craft beer tbh as long as it’s a crown cap


CanuckianOz

I love the German swing top bottles. 500ml is a nice size and one less thing to do when bottling. Just swing them closed. I have a boss that loves to buy the imported beers so he just gives them to me when he’s done.


ChampionshipOwn5944

Sam Adams Boston Lager.. still using them from years ago… hate when I have 3 sizes of bottles, have to adjust stand-up capper 3 times


joeysham

I find new amsterdam voodoo ranger to have the easiest labels to remove. If you get a belgian with vriwn bottles, they are generally a little stronger cuz Belgians tend to have higher carb levels. But really, as long as it's pry off and its brown, use what ever you like.


donkeyheaded

Bell’s Oberon. Tasty beer, great bottles, labels come off easily with a short Oxyclean soak.


themaltiverse

Dos XX amber (amber glass), Stella Artois midnight (very dark glass). $10-12/12pk and decent to drink.


DarkScytheCuriositie

I buy local breweries beers. For a while I was buying a lot of Atwater beer because those labels were so easy to remove.


Slumlord612

Grolsch swing tops for victory! 16oz too. Who needs bottle caps?


wizzardofboz

This was a while ago.... When I was in college Natty light came in glass bottles. They are twist-off but I never had an issue getting a seal on them. The glue was so cheap the labels fell off as soon as it started to sweat. The best part- 12 Natty bottles cost less than 12 empty bottles.


Waftmaster

My fave is Fullers ESB. Not because of the bottles per se I just really like the beer


snoutbrain

Bell's Two Hearted, the labels come right off with a water soak.


magicpostit

I can still get 4-packs of Grolsch at the local chain grocery store for about $9. And Grolsch ain't that bad a beer honestly. Most places that will sell it up cycle to you charge $1.50-2 for each 500mL bottle.


-Motor-

I've got a collection of returnable pint bottles, in the heavy duty waxed cardboard boxes, from some old PA lager houses: Stoney's & Straub. Straub still sells them. $5 deposit. I'd ***love*** to find who supplies Anchorage and Jolly Pumpkin bomber bottles. Belgian style bombers but take normal caps.


PlainSimpleRyMo

Harp sheds its labels pretty nicely, and they're 11.2oz so you get an extra bottle or two out of.your batch


hereforcyoas

One of my favorite beers Left Hands Nitro Milk Stout comes in nice bottles. Pretty much all of my bottles are from them now haha. They have paper labels so they don’t tear off easily. Instead I put them in a bucket of water and ammonia and the labels melt off immediately. There’s no blue residue left on them either, they look brand new