I wasn’t looking forward to putting the rest of the cider in unattractive brown beer bottles with painted-on labels so we stopped in at the Beer Store today to see what they might have on hand and came away with these!
These beauties are ceramic bottles with a 750 millilitre capacity. A local micro-brewery puts their beer out in these and their size, looks and snap-down closure style make them great for home bottling.
(They too have painted labels but I’ve found a way to remove them from these bottles.)
By my calculations, I only need ten of the twenty-four bottles I snagged to finish off bottling the 2009 cider but they, along with the six I already had, are all I’ll need for next year’s batch … and after another taste test earlier today I definitely plan on doing this again next fall!
I refrigerated some of yesterday’s batch overnight and did a side-by-side comparison with the stuff in the jar that’s been in the fridge for a month. Happy to say, while I had some concerns last night (see previous post), they were almost identical in tase & aroma today (I guess comparing when both are cold helps) and the batch I (partly) bottled yesterday now has a slight edge over the jarred stuff for three out of four taste-testers!
Hi!
My boyfriend is making cider and we are looking for similar bottles! Can you possibly pass on the name of the shop where you purchased these so we can see if we can get some too?
Thanks!
cailtin
info@mociun.com
We had a local brewery that bottled their beer in them and we were easily able to get hold of the empties. Unfortunately, they switched over to glass bottles a while ago and the ceramic ones are no longer so easily available. Here’s there manufacturer’s site though: http://www.mkm-keramik.de/
Maybe it will help you find where to get them – good luck in your search.