Coopers Longnecks

[DavidM]

Well I remembered to weigh the bottles and the new version is lighter.

Using my scales the bottles came in at 49.2 original 40.2 new. 

[Oldbloke]

49.2??

Bundaburg stubby 224grams. 

[Uhtred Of Beddanburg]

4 hours ago, Oldbloke said:

49.2??

Bundaburg stubby 224grams. 

Think he meant 492 grams i tried differnt conversons does not add up.  Really hope they still strong enough, I have glass 500ml at 385 grams. Although the important part is crown seal.

 

I mean if new ones down to 402 grams for 750 ml.

Edited November 10, 2022 by Uhtred Of Beddanburg

[DavidM]

11 hours ago, Oldbloke said:

49.2??

Bundaburg stubby 224grams. 

Ha.. yes sorry, take the Dot out, 492g

[Coopers DIY Beer Team]

The new bottle is considerably lighter than our previous two versions of our longneck and this means that it is not heavy enough for reuse, at least in the long term. The good news is we've reserved plenty of the old bottles for our brewers and they're being sold through specialist stores via Brew Cellar.  Because the new bottle is both shorter and lighter, we have been able to go back to our pre-2006 pallet configuration of 80 cartons per pallet instead of 64. This in turn will free up warehouse space (one whole row of pallets per day of longneck production), reduce fright costs with around 60 less interstate loads per year (22 pallets per load) and of course we're reducing the amount of glass and cardboard we use in our packaging. Cheers!

[Brauhaus Fritz]

On 11/10/2022 at 8:40 AM, Classic Brewing Co said:

I agree they are good, I have quite a few 500ml Hefe', 650ml Dutch, 450ml Grolsch & many other various German Beer bottles, I use them a lot for bottling the leftovers from kegs.

One of the delivery drivers at work gave me a case of Bernard bottles from Czech Republic, great sturdy bottles 

[Classic Brewing Co]

28 minutes ago, Brauhaus Fritz said:

One of the delivery drivers at work gave me a case of Bernard bottles from Czech Republic, great sturdy bottles 

Great I didn't realise how short you were 

[DavidM]

6 hours ago, Coopers DIY Beer Team said:

The new bottle is considerably lighter than our previous two versions of our longneck and this means that it is not heavy enough for reuse, at least in the long term. The good news is we've reserved plenty of the old bottles for our brewers and they're being sold through specialist stores via Brew Cellar.  Because the new bottle is both shorter and lighter, we have been able to go back to our pre-2006 pallet configuration of 80 cartons per pallet instead of 64. This in turn will free up warehouse space (one whole row of pallets per day of longneck production), reduce fright costs with around 60 less interstate loads per year (22 pallets per load) and of course we're reducing the amount of glass and cardboard we use in our packaging. Cheers!

Thanks for the Info.

[Brauhaus Fritz]

7 hours ago, Coopers DIY Beer Team said:

The new bottle is considerably lighter than our previous two versions of our longneck and this means that it is not heavy enough for reuse, at least in the long term. The good news is we've reserved plenty of the old bottles for our brewers and they're being sold through specialist stores via Brew Cellar.  Because the new bottle is both shorter and lighter, we have been able to go back to our pre-2006 pallet configuration of 80 cartons per pallet instead of 64. This in turn will free up warehouse space (one whole row of pallets per day of longneck production), reduce fright costs with around 60 less interstate loads per year (22 pallets per load) and of course we're reducing the amount of glass and cardboard we use in our packaging. Cheers!

Sorry Coopers, but if you stop selling beer in your sturdy bottles I have to drink more German Beers to stock up on my bottles for my homebrew. Arriving in Australia 35 years ago I considered the Sparkling Ale the only beer worthwhile drinking