Home Brew Bottles

Shop home brew bottles for bottling beer, cider, wine and mead. Choose traditional 500ml amber glass beer bottles, lightweight PET screw-cap bottles, glass swing-top bottles and 750ml wine bottles. Our range includes individual bottles for topping up your stock and multipacks for a whole home brewing batch. Always select bottles and closures suitable for your drink and its carbonation level.

Shop Beer Bottles, PET Bottles and Wine Bottles

• Glass beer bottles: 500ml amber glass beer bottle (single) or 500ml amber glass beer bottles (20 pack); these accept standard 26mm crown caps, sold separately.
• PET homebrew bottles: 500ml PET screw-cap bottle (single) or 500ml PET screw-cap bottles (24 pack); a lightweight option for beer and cider.
• Swing-top glass bottles: 500ml amber glass swing-top bottle and other clear or amber options for suitable drinks; check closure and pressure suitability for the recipe.
• Wine bottles: 750ml green glass wine bottle, plus clear glass and multipacks in our wine bottles collection for still wine.

Glass and PET Bottles for Home Brewing

The right bottle depends on what you are making, how much carbonation the drink will contain and which closure you plan to use. Our range includes 500ml amber glass beer bottles, clear and amber swing-top bottles, lightweight PET screw-cap bottles and 750ml wine bottles.

Glass Beer Bottles

Amber glass helps protect beer from light and is a popular choice for bottle-conditioned ales, lagers, IPAs, bitters and stouts. Our 500ml amber glass beer bottles use standard 26mm crown caps and need a compatible bottle capper. Caps are not automatically included with every bottle. For beer or cider with carbonation, use bottles designed for pressure, follow the priming instructions and inspect the glass for chips or cracks before every fill.

PET Home Brew Bottles

Food-grade PET home brew bottles are lightweight, reusable and shatter-resistant. They use screw caps and are convenient for transporting or handling homebrew. A firming PET bottle can be a rough sign that carbonation is developing, but this does not replace a hydrometer check to confirm fermentation has finished before packaging. Only reuse PET bottles that are suitable for the drink, clean and undamaged; replace any that are scratched, distorted or difficult to clean.

Swing Top and Flip Top Bottles

Swing top bottles, also called flip top bottles, have an attached stopper and sealing washer, avoiding the need for a separate crown capper. They are convenient for beer, cider and other drinks when the particular bottle is suitable for the intended carbonation pressure. Inspect the stopper, seal and glass before each use, and replace worn washers or damaged bottles. A swing-top closure alone does not mean every glass bottle is pressure-rated.

Choose 500 ml amber flip top bottles for smaller pours, or 750 ml amber swing top bottles when you prefer fewer, larger bottles. Clear glass versions and 12-packs are also available in this collection. Read our flip top and swing top bottle guide for size comparisons, cleaning and seal care.

Wine Bottles

For homemade wine, browse our dedicated wine bottles, including clear and green 750ml glass bottles and smaller 187ml bottles. Standard cork-finish bottles require suitable wine corks and a bottle corker; products supplied with screw caps will say so in the individual listing.

How Many Bottles Do I Need?

• 23 litres of beer or cider: up to 46 x 500ml bottles if all 23 litres are packaged. Allow for sediment and transfer losses, and keep a few extra bottles ready.
• 12 UK pints: approximately 6.8 litres, so allow around 14 x 500ml bottles before accounting for losses. A 6 litre batch needs about 12 x 500ml bottles.
• 23 litres of wine: around 30 x 750ml wine bottles after normal transfer losses; the mathematical maximum is 30 full bottles plus part of another.
• 4.5 litres of wine or mead: approximately 6 x 750ml bottles.

The final number varies with the actual packaged volume and the amount left behind with the sediment. Keeping a few clean spare bottles available is always useful.

Preparing Home Brew Bottles

Clean bottles promptly after use so residue does not dry inside them. Before filling, inspect every bottle, clean it thoroughly and sanitise it with a suitable product from our cleaning and sanitising range. Allow the sanitiser to drain and avoid touching the inside of the bottle or closure.

Transfer your finished drink with a syphon or bottling tool, minimising splashing. Leave the headspace recommended by the recipe. For bottle-conditioned beer or cider, confirm fermentation is complete using stable gravity readings, measure priming sugar as instructed and use appropriately pressure-rated bottles. Never bottle an actively fermenting drink in a sealed container.

Home Brew Bottle FAQs

Related Bottling Equipment

• Bottle Fillers, Cappers and Corkers
• Bottle Caps, Corks and Shrinks
• Wine Corks and Bottle Corkers
• Bottling Equipment
• Cleaning and Sanitising

Order home brew bottles online from The Hop Shop in Plymouth, Devon. Glass and PET bottles are available for delivery subject to the shipping options and charges shown at checkout; you can also explore our bottling equipment for caps, cappers and other accessories.