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Blue Bottles
Does anyone know where I can get blue 12oz bottles? I googled it and couldn't find anything, all I saw was like growlers and stuff, nothing 12oz.
Hold on there big fella. Before you go out & spend your hard earned cash on a mess of 12oz bottles, read a few of the threads on bottling.
"a newbie bottling question" would be a good place to start.
Why blue?
haha alright. We wanted to do blue because it stands out from all other beer bottles. I read a little something about blue bottles affecting how long the beer lasts but idk too much about that yet.
perhaps you might want to reconsider the mess of 12-ozers you are about to buy. unless it is a sure thing your pops will be selling them in his bar, in which case the 12-ozer makes sense, i would bottle using something like 16-oz and 22-ozers minimum. i prefer a combination of liters and 16-ozers.
and you might, just might want to consider the fact that the production of alcoholic beverages at home can only be done at the rate of 100 gallons per adult (21 years of age or older) per household. so if there are two adults in a household, you can legally produce 200 gallons of beer/wine/cider/mead per year. this does not apply to spirits, distillation is just plain illegal. and this law explicitly states that this production must be for personal consumption only, not for sale. it provides for transport of the beer from your b"brewery" (your house) for tasting purposes, but you can not sell it!
just something to consider.
krausenator wrote:
perhaps you might want to reconsider the mess of 12-ozers you are about to buy. unless it is a sure thing your pops will be selling them in his bar, in which case the 12-ozer makes sense, i would bottle using something like 16-oz and 22-ozers minimum. i prefer a combination of liters and 16-ozers.
and you might, just might want to consider the fact that the production of alcoholic beverages at home can only be done at the rate of 100 gallons per adult (21 years of age or older) per household. so if there are two adults in a household, you can legally produce 200 gallons of beer/wine/cider/mead per year. this does not apply to spirits, distillation is just plain illegal. and this law explicitly states that this production must be for personal consumption only, not for sale. it provides for transport of the beer from your b"brewery" (your house) for tasting purposes, but you can not sell it!
just something to consider.
oh dam. haha. So do you need to get a liscense to sell it or something?
northernlite wrote:
oh dam. haha. So do you need to get a liscense to sell it or something?
What state are you in??? It doesn't matter really. Contact the ATF in your area to find out.
There are stiff rules regarding production for commercial gain. The federal governement also requires the three teir system of producers, distributers and consumers to keep a separation between the producers and consumers.
In the legal sense its called "homebrewing" not because you made it at home... its because the law states that its being consumed at home. Technically, you aren't even supposed to travel with homebrew across state lines in most states.
Good luck.
oh ok, well i probably don't have to worry about that for awhile because im assuming it will be a long time before we make something that tastes good hah.
Oh, and after you get all the federal laws worked out, check out state and county brewing laws....those are a pain in the butt, too.
( I WILL open a working brewery I can sell from... even if it's just to prove I can. Five year plan...)
If you want blue bottles though (I have some cause they're pretty) you might look at the 500ml swing top ones. They're a little pricey though.
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