Breweries and Returnable Bottles
#1
Posted 20 August 2010 - 12:30 PM
#2
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:08 PM
#3
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:10 PM
#4
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:42 PM
Not all, but most. You still get bottles that won't work for your brand and need to be sorted out. There is no way I would use returnables in America though, you gotta just work within the culture's system. It's not just cleaning them, you gotta inspect them too, people put all sorts of nasty stuff inside bottles.In Germany they all use the same bottles so they can be returned and re-used by any brewery.
#5
Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:00 PM
There isn't anything that can be put into a bottle that a long soak in very hot water + Oxyfree will take care of! Yes, it's work, but its possible.Not all, but most. You still get bottles that won't work for your brand and need to be sorted out. There is no way I would use returnables in America though, you gotta just work within the culture's system. It's not just cleaning them, you gotta inspect them too, people put all sorts of nasty stuff inside bottles.
#6
Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:06 PM
Condoms? Syringes? Motor Oil?There isn't anything that can be put into a bottle that a long soak in very hot water + Oxyfree will take care of! Yes, it's work, but its possible.
#7
Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:08 PM
I stand corrected...I've cleaned out plenty of cigarrette butts and caked on ash though.Condoms? Syringes? Motor Oil?
#8
Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:15 PM
I mean, technically, the bottles need to be inspected to make sure there is no cleaning solution left in them either. I mentioned motor oil because it requires a different kind of inspection device than is used for residual liquid in the bottle. Beyond also what's inside the bottle, the bottle itself must be inspected, a broken mouth is one example of a bottle that should be rejected. All these things are done with fancy equipment, they used to use people, but people suck at it.I stand corrected...I've cleaned out plenty of cigarrette butts and caked on ash though.
#9
Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:55 PM
#10
Posted 21 August 2010 - 08:41 AM
This PDF suggests that you can get up to 3.5 Volumes of CO2, compared to 3 in the 12 oz bottles we normally use.https://www.northern...onditioning.pdfIf I were to buy some beer in these heavy-duty returnable bottles, I would most likely hold on to them for homebrew. I wonder if the heavy wall thickness would make them suitable for bottle carbonating highly carbonated Belgian beers.
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Posted 22 August 2010 - 12:11 PM
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