Just a pic to show the last 2 weeks worth of effort:
8 cases - 750ml Wine Bottles
16 - 1.5L Wine Bottles
7 cases - 12 oz Beer Bottles
1 Case - 16 oz Beer Bottles
I wasn't planning on making beer but there was a "Beerfest" in town 2 weekends ago and they were stacking bottles outside so I grabbed them. I got all the beer bottles and 1 case of wine bottles there and the remaining wine bottles I picked up over 8 days from an Olive Garden restaurant. All clean, de-labelled, stored upside down and ready to go.
Immediate use for the beer bottles: My daughter and I are making root beer this weekend! It should be fun. Her payback for helping me clean bottles.
Nice work!I am surprised they were putting the empties back in the case. Made that nice and easy for you. Almost like walking on the beach and finding a diamond ring.
Have fun with that Root Beer. I made another 5 gallon batch this morning for the kids. What brand extract you using? I have been using the Gnome extracts that many home brew shops sell. It is fantastic stuff. I add a 2 oz. bottle of pure vanilla extract to mine and it comes out great every time. The kids think it is cool to have their own tap next to Dad's on the beer fridge to!Edited by: smurfe
The bottles were all over the place but certain vendors put them back into the boxes - these are the ones I grabbed. It was ahelluvafind
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This is our first venture into Root beer, I got the extract from George, it's the Rainbow Brand. We'll be making it this weekend, she's definitely earned it!
When I was a teen I helped my dad with the wine making. It was the one thing that we did together. And now my daughter has started making wine! He'd be so happy!