LONGNECKS v. STUBBIES

Peter Bradshaw · Post by **Peter Bradshaw** » Friday Mar 16, 2007 3:06 pm

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that Stubbies of HB are better value for the solo drinker.

I usually bottle 18 Longnecks and 22-24 Stubbies when I brew.

When I'm having a sundowner and cooking tea on the BBQ i usually get through a Longneck and a Stubbie. When I'm alone it seems the second one out of the Longneck is not as good as the first. Then when I go for the Stubbie, it's back to a better beer.

If I have company we can cheerfully get into the Longnecks without any apparent quality loss.

I should add that I bulk prime and that I decant into a jug and keep the jug with the second drink in the fridge.

Comments, please.

And try to remember, even though I may seem paranoid, it doesn't mean they are not out to get me.

Cheers, Pete

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Friday Mar 16, 2007 7:51 pm

Stubbies are great

As I've saud before:

- Only want to have a stubby? No problems, you've bottled in stubbies.

- Want a longneck? no problems, two 375mL stubbies equals a longneck

- Want 1.5 longnecks? duh, THREE STUBBIES

- Want to drink 1.5L and sample 4 different homebrews? FOUR STUBBIES

and by far the biggest reason:

- Stubbies = more bottling time over longnecks
- more bottling time = more compulsary homebrew drinking time.

I usually bottle about 10 longnecks and the balance in stubbies. I just find that sometimes one stubbie is enough, and it's never a hassle to open another.

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday Mar 16, 2007 8:23 pm

blandy wrote:. I just find that sometimes one stubbie is enough, and it's never a hassle to open another.

They are a hassle to clean though

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 5:08 am

I'm really liking kegs.

, but I to prefer tallies over stubs.

Cheers,
Greg

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 7:07 am

I like 'em tall.

Oops, wrong forum...

I'm finding that my 1.25litre PETs are aging 'better' than the 740ml bottles. Could be the magnum effect going on.

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 7:45 am

Tipsy wrote:They are a hassle to clean though

Not necessarily. As others do, I always rinse out after using, then drip dry on a rack. Then I box until bottling day. On bottling day, I give them all a bath in a bleach solution (giving each one a shake with the bleach in them). Then rinse with clean water and allow to dry.

Doesn't take ages and you don't need to use a bottle brush unless you haven't rinsed them after using them. And the rinsing water is only about 6-7L which ends up on the lawn anyway. No problems so far with this method.

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 8:16 am

I'm not sure that I am overly comfortable holding a conversation with people called 'Typsy' and 'timmy', but...

There is a fair bit of effort in cleaning more bottles. I notice this when I am choosing the bottles just prior to bottling. I'm using a lot more bigger ones now than I used to.

I reckon you cannot overstate the value of a couple of quick rinses immediately after use. Just a thought though - a non-bleach sanitiser might take less rinsing/work/water...

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 9:51 am

My bottles (mostly stubbies) get a quick rinse after drinking, drip-dry, then go into a box for re-filling. Just befor filling they are washed in Oxyper (cleans and sanitises) then rinsed.

A few brews ago I got a bottle washer from Brewcraft. Saves heaps of time and water. washing a batch od stubbies only takes about 10mins, which I think is well worth the effort.

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 10:33 am

I generally do 25-28 Longies and the rest as "Testers", so that I know when the beer is right to drink

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Had a tester of Ash's Golden Ale recipe last night and it is not quite ready, still has the "newish" taste.......

I rinse mine as soon as possible after drinking them, sometimes even next morning and drip dry. No probs at all.

The only ones I have to scrub are my Ginger Beer ones as the crud really sticks to the bottom.......Also, if you do Ginger Beers, keep them seperate from your other bottles, IE have specific bottles for Gingeries. Mine are all Crown Lager 375mls, and Green bottles such as Heinekens. Reason being is that even after a few rinses, there is that Ginger aroma in there and you do not want to have Ginger flavoured Lager....

Cheers

Boonie

Trough Lolly · Post by **Trough Lolly** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 1:22 pm

The bulk of my beer is in kegs, but when I bottle, I always use Grolsch swingtops - no stuffing around with a capper and they hold enough to fill a 500ml glass with a decent foam head on it.

Cheers,
TL

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 2:26 pm

I like stubbies and longnecks, I normally have more stubbies though. I just pour boiling water into them to clean, don't get any problems.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Saturday Mar 17, 2007 2:50 pm

Im using mostly kegs now aswell but i still bottle the left overs which is usually about 5-6 coopers P.E.T or as ive been doing lately, grolsch swingtops, I also have about 5 cartons of heineken stubbies that i like to keep full cos as someone said its still nice to have a stubbie while cooking a B.B.Q or just for that odd time that you only feel like one ( this is a really rare event) but you still cant go past kegs

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Sunday Mar 18, 2007 4:21 pm

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:I'm not sure that I am overly comfortable holding a conversation with people called 'Typsy' and 'timmy', but...

There is a fair bit of effort in cleaning more bottles. I notice this when I am choosing the bottles just prior to bottling. I'm using a lot more bigger ones now than I used to.

I reckon you cannot overstate the value of a couple of quick rinses immediately after use. Just a thought though - a non-bleach sanitiser might take less rinsing/work/water...

I agree, and just for the record I'm hardly ever Tipsy anymore, I'm usually just smashed

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Sunday Mar 18, 2007 4:36 pm

Maybe you should change your name then

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Mar 19, 2007 10:45 am

I mostly drink my beers out of kegs now, but to tell you the truth, I'm a bit nostalgic for the days of bottles. Gives more variety to one's drinking, and you get to experience the brew as it ages. Then again, I'm not nostalgic for the actual bottling process itself.

I think I'll be bottling some brews in between the ones that go into kegs. The more special brews like IPAs and stouts naturally need to go into bottles anyway.

petesbrew · Post by **petesbrew** » Tuesday Mar 20, 2007 2:53 pm

My batches definitely last longer when they're bottled in stubbies. I mean, I don't drink them as quick.

A lot of work bottling and labelling em though.

drtom · Post by **drtom** » Tuesday Mar 20, 2007 7:42 pm

I do almost all of mine in stubbies. I mostly drink them with friends, so I have a few choices in the fridge. Works for me. Labeling them is easy - I whack up a page of labels in a couple of minutes and print 'em on DL24 labels through the printer.

I don't have anywhere handy to host it, but I've got some html+javascript that produces the labels in a flash which I can hand on to anyone who wants it.

T.

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Tuesday Mar 20, 2007 9:00 pm

if you could mail it to me at laserchris@gmail.com , i'd gladly host it and post up a link

i've got a server running here at home hehe...

/nerd

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Tuesday Mar 20, 2007 9:46 pm

... and you're going to advertise your IP address?

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Tuesday Mar 20, 2007 9:51 pm

why not? it's locked behind a NAT/SPI firewall and a software firewall - basically every port's blocked except port 80, just like any other web server. i have a hostname for it anyway (not that that obscures the IP by any stretch of the imagination).