where do you get your bottles?

by **flosso** » Thursday Nov 24, 2005 1:32 pm

Apprentice Brewmaster wrote: nuff said........ out of curiosity, what the hell shall i call these vessels that hold 640ml......

Maybe they should be called red-headed step-children.

by **gregb** » Thursday Nov 24, 2005 2:46 pm

Not quite the same creativity, but I have taken to calling them "Sixforties"

Cheers,
Greg

by **Tipsy** » Thursday Nov 24, 2005 9:42 pm

Apprentice Brewmaster wrote:
undercover1 wrote:Sorry to piss on your parade AB, but a 640ml is not a longneck.

nuff said........ out of curiosity, what the hell shall i call these vessels that hold 640ml......

They stand taller than a longneck.....longerneck?

by **Oliver** » Tuesday Nov 29, 2005 11:20 pm

Apprentice Brewmaster wrote:
undercover1 wrote:Sorry to piss on your parade AB, but a 640ml is not a longneck.

nuff said........ out of curiosity, what the hell shall i call these vessels that hold 640ml......

Wannabe longneck? Poor man's longneck? A sip short of a longneck longneck? Perhaps a thief's longneck?

Oliver

by db » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 7:01 am

Oliver wrote:
Apprentice Brewmaster wrote:
undercover1 wrote:Sorry to piss on your parade AB, but a 640ml is not a longneck.

nuff said........ out of curiosity, what the hell shall i call these vessels that hold 640ml......

Wannabe longneck? Poor man's longneck? A sip short of a longneck longneck? Perhaps a thief's longneck?

Oliver

i've been buying a bit of st. peter's green star lager recently, which comes in these 640ml bottles.. i prefer to look at them as a f'n big pint

by **undercover1** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 7:42 am

I still can't figure out where this odd size came from.
An imperial pint is 568ml- that's why they started putting milk in 600ml bottles when we went metric, they just rounded it up a little.
So the old imperial quart (2 pints) was 1.14l, and they rounded that down to 1l for milk.
But if memory serves, beer was sold by the fluid ounce. 26 fluid ounces comes out at 740ml.
But 640ml?

by **Apprentice Brewmaster** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 9:32 am

incase any Victorian guys are interested...........

Bottles on Ebay Here

$40 for 100, 1000 available.
Sadly not roll top by the look.

by **MHD** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 9:40 am

So people have had no trouble refilling use beer bottles?

I might have to start saving some of my amber ale bottles...

by **Oliver** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 10:04 am

MHD wrote:So people have had no trouble refilling use beer bottles?

None at all. The only think to be aware of is that some of the newer, thinner bottles are easily broken when capping, unless you're using a bench capper.

Cheers,

Oliver

by **gregb** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 10:41 am

...and a bench capper is probably the best $50 odd you can spend on homebrew gear.

Cheers,
Greg

by **MHD** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 10:54 am

noted down for next time I venture to the HBS...

I'm in sydney weekend after next... anyone been to this place in deewhy?
http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/

Thinking of popping in...

by **undercover1** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 12:00 pm

What's that round shouldered one on the right of the photo?
Looks like a Strongbow cider bottle, but it's brown.

by **Apprentice Brewmaster** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 1:11 pm

Tooheys New Long neck.

by **undercover1** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 1:15 pm

Aha! That explains why I didn't recognise it.
I don't think I've ever drunk a Tooheys New, let alone bought a longneck of it.

by **yardglass** » Wednesday Nov 30, 2005 9:18 pm

gregb wrote:...and a bench capper is probably the best $50 odd you can spend on homebrew gear.

Cheers,
Greg

or the best $5 for a Superautomatica @ grg sale.

by **peterd** » Thursday Dec 01, 2005 11:52 am

> But 640ml?
Many beers throughout Asia and India (or is that the same?) come variously in 620, 630, 640 or 660 rolltops. I occasionally bring some back. But, as I have said before on this forum, best is 1litre San Mig Pale Pils (rolltop): costs less than A$1 from the supermarket, complete with contents! Even if you dont like San Mig, that is not an altogether bad deal.
Pity no enterprising importers have got on to this one yet.

by **yardglass** » Thursday Dec 01, 2005 9:03 pm

I honestly have never been short of bottles with my current system of WANTED ads on the notice board of the local Shopping Ctr.

There seems to be so many 'retired' brewers out there it's not funny....
(hope i don't go that way) :shock:

Also don't forget your local Refuse Ctr Shop.

Do you guys have them down south ?

I can pick up a dozen roll top tallies in a plastic crate any time. $5.

yard

by **Oliver** » Thursday Dec 01, 2005 9:17 pm

yardglass wrote:Also don't forget your local Refuse Ctr Shop.

Do you guys have them down south?

I know there's one in Geelong. North Geelong I think it is. Fantastic joint with all kinds of stuff. Not sure about other locations around the place though.

Oliver

by **undercover1** » Friday Dec 02, 2005 8:51 am

yardglass wrote:I honestly have never been short of bottles with my current system of WANTED ads on the notice board of the local Shopping Ctr.

yard

That sounds like an idea, yardie. The guys at my local Safeway Liquor tell me they sell more longnecks than anything else. Be nice to close the circle.

On the other hand, I have never been short of bottles with my cunning combination of saving my empties and the occasional dive into a recycling bin.

by **flosso** » Friday Dec 02, 2005 3:59 pm

I know there's one in Geelong. North Geelong I think it is. Fantastic joint with all kinds of stuff. Not sure about other locations around the place though.

Oliver - do you happen to know the name/address of this place? Spending the weekend in Geelong drinking/playing poker so I figure I may as well kill 2 birds with the one stone.

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