Wells - Suitable Bottles?

[james_m_r]

I love the Wells Bombardier bottles for homebrew and they are easily capped with a Wilko capper. You are right about the labels though but if peeled off very slowly they dont leave much sticky crap behind and it comes off ok with a scouring pad in hot soapy water. I do tend to leave the "full English pint" labels on though.

[Beatnik69]

I washed out a few Old Peculier, London Pride, Black Sheep and Whitewater bottles tonight. Most were fine except the Whitewater which was a bugger as it has a foil label.

[subsub]

i've got my Grandads old bench capper, no probs here

[Curious Brew]

Heresy I know but my brother was over tonight drinking Bulmers and I purloined al his bottles.

They're nice pint bottles and the labels fall of if put in a bit of hot water. Don't know what they cap like but if I remember I'll let you know when I bottle the TC this weekend.

[CrownCap]

Best bottles I've come across for getting the labels of are Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted, quick soak in cold water for an hour or so and the labels just slide off with no gunk! Oh and the contents are pretty tasty too

Got to agree about wing cappers not lasting long. I have a Youngs one that has probably only done about 200 caps and its already struggling with the odd cap. Looks like time to get a bench capper - anyone got any recommendations

[wasted]

Best bottles I've come across for getting the labels of are Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted, quick soak in cold water for an hour or so and the labels just slide off with no gunk! Oh and the contents are pretty tasty too

These are the labels that slid of in one piece. the kids used them to make me a nice collage. Theres a Bitter and Twisted on the left.

[keemoa]

hello i use tesco wheat/abbey beer bottles 750ml with plastic corks and wire things ,brown and strong