Which bottles can I use?

[RichardG]

To follow on from earlier comments, I've got the brown bulmers/magnars bottles from the local pub. They were more than happy to keep them for me, they cap easily, hold 568ml, and I've collected something like 100+ in a short time! This 'cider over ice' malarky seems popular (can't see it myself!).

[ADDLED]

The ice adds flavour.

[Bongo]

The ice adds flavour.

Indubitably

[Aleman]

Landlord/Magners/Bulmers are a better shape for pouring!

The 'shoulder' on a fullers type bottle is designed to hold back the yeast apparently, which makes them easier to pour from

<Gloves On>

[Jim]

Landlord/Magners/Bulmers are a better shape for pouring!

The 'shoulder' on a fullers type bottle is designed to hold back the yeast apparently, which makes them easier to pour from

<Gloves On>

I find that the Landlord type bottles are easier to pour from. The yeast floats on top of the beer as you pour the last bit, so I don't see how the shoulder on the bottle will stop it.

[Stonechat]

I don't think it's worth getting the gloves on for
Both TT Landlord and Fullers bottles are brown, the labels soak off easily and the beer tastes good.
It's a question of what you have confidence in and because Fullers bottles are designed to hold bottle-conditioned beer I have faith in them.
Fullers bottles weigh 446g against TT Landlord's 406g. They are my favourites and I have never had one explode or break when capping.
I have over 300 Fullers bottles in the garage, but only 10 TT Landlord, which I've never used, but will when I buy another 2 bottles.

I would urge any newbies to start collecting Fullers bottles before they join the other brewers who have gone over to the "eco-friendly " thinner glass

[StrangeBrew]

Landlord/Magners/Bulmers are a better shape for pouring!

The 'shoulder' on a fullers type bottle is designed to hold back the yeast apparently, which makes them easier to pour from

<Gloves On>

I find that all the shoulder manages to achieve is (if you're not being careful or are inexperienced) is to give a yeast disturbing 'glug glug glug'.
Far easier to control the pour with sloped necked bottles imo but it's a personal preference so each to his own.

[StrangeBrew]

Fullers bottles weigh 446g against TT Landlord's 406g.

Just out of interest I weighed a TT Landlord 500ml on my digi scales and it came out at 410g and my original near pint bottles 550ml weigh in at a mighty 466g.
Both of these bottles I have conifidence in but...

The weight of a 'Badger new age save the planet light weight bottle' is 304g and I should imagine that Marstons are of a similar weight too. You can feel the difference in weight and strength of the glass compared to the two bottles mentioned above and so personally I wouldn't risk using light weights for homebrew.