Longies Vs Stubbies

[Oatlands Brewer]

Hi my first post here guys

Looking at re-starting my Brewing career after a 8 year break.

just wondering if there is a quality diffference between bottle conditioning in long necks as aposed to stubbies.Before i buy a couple of cartons to stock up on glass.

Cheers

 

[thylacine]

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=35754

 

[The Big Burper]

ob,

I'd rather bottle 30 tallies than 60 stubbies.


cheers
BB

 

[bowie in space]

ob,

I'd rather bottle 30 tallies than 60 stubbies.


cheers
BB

Me too. Less bottles to rinse, less caps to buy and less time consuming.

Plus, you get to drink a couple of cases of Coopers Sparkling or Pale longnecks in the process.

Bowie

 

[mwd]

Always do a few stubbies to get all the dregs.

Ready to drink faster as they clear quicker.

 

[schooey]

Hi my first post here guys

Looking at re-starting my Brewing career after a 8 year break.

just wondering if there is a quality diffference between bottle conditioning in long necks as aposed to stubbies.Before i buy a couple of cartons to stock up on glass.

Cheers

To answer your question.... Personally, I haven't seen any difference with quality in regards to bottle size when bottling. As others have eluded to though, stubbies can be a PITA in terms of bottle preparation and filling in terms of time and sanitation. But if you are sending to others or comps, stubbies or 500ml bottles can be handy

 

[manticle]

I notice very little difference between the 500 mL bottles and the 750 mL bottles that I regularly use. There is a bit less beer in the 500 ml ones but that's about it.

 

[Dazza_devil]

I have noticed a difference with maturation between bottles and stubbies, I'm not sure what the theory behind this is though.
I like the stubbies for pouring into a glass without getting the sediment backwash but I do use a jug for my tallies.
I recently scored a dozen pint sized Little Creatures stubbies and looking forward to using them with a pint glass.
Cheers.

 

[Oatlands Brewer]

Thanks guys

It looks like ill have to buy a couple of cartons of Coopers Longies.

to anyones knowledge is there any other crown seal longies available other than Coopers

 

[kevo]

Might be just me, but I always found that beers I bottled in tallies seemed a little smoother than those I put into stubbies.

I bottle almost exclusively now in stubbies, like that I don't need to drink almost a litre of anything I open - so I waste less. I also do some quite small batches so the batch goes a bit further if i bottle in stubbies.

Almost anything that will be in the bottle long term goes into a tallie though.

Kev

 

[wambesi]

IMO I love stubbies.
I find no real difference between stubbies or longies, but I find stubbies at times to be much better for testing purposes (to ensure correct carbonation at certain times after bottling) but also due to sometimes just 'feeling like a stubbie' and not much more.

Even though I now keg, I still bottle both longies and stubbies and even two PET bottles per brew as well as a 'squeeze test'.

 

[Oatlands Brewer]

not wishing to state the bleeding obvious but i guess the logical thing is to bottle 24 longies and 8 stubbies from a brew of an average of 21lt....

I was also interested from a maturation point as well, cause i know with wine the larger the bottled volume the longer and better the wine will be.

 

[bum]

It is neither bleeding obvious nor logical. He didn't ask what might be the best balance between the two.

Echoing most, I much prefer longies. I always do some stubbies as give-aways and they always shit me.

 

[amiddler]

As long as your bottles aren't clear glass the only difference, as said before, is your consumption rate. I prefer 1 x 750ml of and evening so use tall bottles. My old man prefers 1 x 375ml so he uses stubbies. I hope we all know the effects of light strike on our beer and never use clear bottles no matter what the size.

Drew

 

[rackemup]

Hi,
I bottle all my beer in stubbies and use twist tops to seal them and have never had problems with carbonation, maturing times or anything else. the best bottles to use are the brown glass 375ml bottles like the ones coopers pale ale comes in, bottling into anything smaller is a bit fiddley and time consuming. if i remember correctly a 23ltr batch equates to roughly 60 375ml stubbies.

Cheers :beer:

 

[wabster]

+1 for longnecks. I use a jug to decant. Frankly I'd never just have one stubbie anyway.

I just always buy Coopers if I am buying commercial beer and no matter where I am, even in restaurants, I (ask to) take the empty bottle with me.

Been doing that for a while now and have a huge collection of bottles.

As far as I know Coopers remain the sole source of supply for "filled" good quality crown seal tallies.

Cheerz Wabster

 

[rackemup]

As long as your bottles aren't clear glass the only difference, as said before, is your consumption rate. I prefer 1 x 750ml of and evening so use tall bottles. My old man prefers 1 x 375ml so he uses stubbies. I hope we all know the effects of light strike on our beer and never use clear bottles no matter what the size.

Drew

Light strike is only a problem if you leave your bottles laying around somewhere in direct sunlight which would not be ideal for any beer whatever colour the glass its in.

 

[Dazza_devil]

I've found the Matilda Bay stubbies to be good to pour from, as are the James Squires stubs. Both are nice solid bottles with good crown seal tops. Emptying them for brewing is always a pleasurable experience as well.

 

[DUANNE]

i tend to use 500ml bottles and stubbies for every thing. makes the choice easier either a pint or a pot. i have been putting one or two from every brew into long necks lately in case i decide to enter them in a competition.

 

[Eyelusion]

I've always used Coopers PET bottles (700mL).
Is there a great difference between glass and these?