What do you use to remove labels?

[S-04]

I hate the 330's because they're too light and tend to want to tip over while I'm filling them. Also, they don't hold enough beer.

[dean2k]

I hate the 330's because they're too light and tend to want to tip over while I'm filling them. Also, they don't hold enough beer.

There is that, too. But they were twist-offs and so not enough of a lip for my caps to crimp properly (at least with my bottler). My only saving grace is that I brew 1 gallon batches so I only had to re-bottle 10 or 11 330s into 6 500s. But still. FUCK!

[Wildcard]

I use Grolsch bottles and had uses Picaroons. It seems as though their labels are baked on. I used the Picaroons bottles for give away bottles and Grolsch for personal use.

I was boiling water in a pot, putting enough in my large Coleman cooler ans some oxyclean and leaving it over night. I still had to wipe the bottles down and use a plastic scraper to remove the last of the glue.

I find that the Grolsch bottles are stupid easy to come by here in Moncton. If you want 500ml then as opposed to the 450ml Grolsch then snag the brown swing tops, they are a longer slender bottle. The beer name escapes me, starts with a P.

Either way if your bottling get swing tops, they are your friend in more than one fashion. Plus Fischer bottles name for nice sudo growlers where they are easily resealed. Fischer is much harder to find.

[jtmwhyte]

Hacker~Pschorr has the brown flip tops. They are great and the labels soak off in hot water alone. Plus the beer is good 2 for 1!

[Wildcard]

Hacker~Pschorr has the brown flip tops. They are great and the labels soak off in hot water alone. Plus the beer is good 2 for 1!

That's it! Yeah less than 30 minutes in hot water and dish soap takes off Grolsch and the other labels. In my opinion, best bottles to use.

[jtmwhyte]

I've also used Goo Gone to strip Picaroon's bottles. That stuff will strip the black off a skunk.

[Wildcard]

I've also used Goo Gone to strip Picaroon's bottles. That stuff will strip the black off a skunk.

I love goo gone but found that the glue from picaroons was stronger and still took a good minute or so of scrubbing.

[Two Wheeler]

I love goo gone but found that the glue from picaroons was stronger and still took a good minute or so of scrubbing.

Agreed... What a pain in the ass those labels are. I gave up on them.

[ajcarp]

Best advice I ever got when I was bottling, use milk to attach your labels, that's right milk.

First, to get the old labels and glue off of the bottles, I used a bleach and hot water soak for 1 day, then elbow grease and a razor blade paint scrapper.

Then I would print my labels on plain paper, 9 to a sheet and spray them with clear spray paint to make them color fast. After drying, I would cut them to size, roll them up with a rubber band and let sit for a day. Finally, I would pour a very small amount of milk in a shallow bowl and soak each label for about 10 seconds in the milk. I would then just press on the label and cleanup around it with a damp rag. The labels stay on under most conditions, a cooler with ice water will take them off, and are a snap to take off. Just a short soak in hot water does it.

All the same, glad I'm kegging now a day.

[Brad78]

I actually do have a few Grolsch but me and my buddy had a ton Picaroons! So I bit the bullet and during my last brew session with my friend went to town and cleaned 60 of them...definite P.I.T.A. ... but the hot water + coconut oil (and some elbow grease) definitely does the trick.

Bottled our first AG 5 gallon brew (American Brown Ale) the following week with the bottles

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[CartoonCod]

I know with some bottles a bit of heat from a hair dryer will let you peel the labels right off. The Picaroons labels come off but the glue remains...

[Keith]

and to think I was going to save those bottles to use. forget that. I'll get a few orders of grolsch bottles and clean them in a hour. Still a PITA, but not nearly as bad as what those are made to out be

[LeafMan66_67]

and to think I was going to save those bottles to use. forget that. I'll get a few orders of grolsch bottles and clean them in a hour. Still a PITA, but not nearly as bad as what those are made to out be

The only thing that ever worked for the glue on Picaroons was GooGone, one bottle at a time.