I'm a big fan of reusing glass bottles for serving water at the table. So much so that I did it at my husband's and my wedding dinner two years ago yesterday! Two years later, at our anniversary dinner last night, the water bottle at our table had one added detail I liked even more:
… a swing-top lid that renders it resealable. The lid provides an additional function and I think gives the bottle a bit of a vintage appearance. Here are three sources for such bottles, as pictured above:
- Slom Bottle from IKEA, $3 (Now available stateside - right here!)
- Reused Lorina lemonade bottles
- The non-lidded reused wine bottles at our wedding dinner.
The lidless wine bottles worked just fine for my use, but we'd much rather have a couple of swing top bottles for repeated use around the house. Sealed and stored in your fridge, they're ready for use at the drop of a hat. Perfect for parties this summer.
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You can also buy new, clean ones at homebrew supply shops. $22 for a case of 12 16-oz. bottles at my local store.
you can also go to specialtybottles.com - found this from a previous AT post.
they also have tons of other sizes/shapes/colors of bottles for your kitchen, bath and home.
Ditto to the homebrew route, they're a lot cheaper that way. You can also buy replacement swingtops (just the tops) and even just the rubber seals.
You can buy these at Sur La Table pretty cheap right now (at least the one in Portland, OR). They have small, medium and large sizes. Prices raging from $3-10. I bought a few medium 8.5 oz ones this weekend for some homemade fruit syrups.
I just got these the other week for the same purpose! But I do have a question, what is the best way to clean & remove the labels? Especially if there was a sticky substance inside i.e. French Soda.
To remove the labels from some old bottles, I used a razor blade, then goo-gone, and then scrubbed with dishsoap. I think using a steamer would have been a lot easier (if you have one available). To clean them, I just lots of hot water, then let them dry for several days. If you've got all the sugars out, microbes don't really like living on clean, dry glass.
I love my Lorina lemonade bottle (I only have one... for now...)!
I'm glad someone else out there knows about them. They're absolutely wonderful!
Crate & Barrel has plastic caps that fit on glass bottles, bought a few recently. Tasted terrible.
You can get them at the Container Store for ridiculously cheap, as well. I use them for making infused vodka.
I love my Lorina bottles. I use them for iced tea and water, very good for when I am out in the garden and for carrying to work.
I purchased one of these from Ross to fill with bath salt for a Mother's Day gift. It was just $1.99.
I honestly don't mean to be nit-picky about the writing, but I just can't parse this sentence and it's been bugging me all afternoon. Can someone please translate?
So much so that I did it at my husband's and my wedding dinner two years ago yesterday!.
It's the "two years ago yesterday" thing that's throwing me off. She mentions an anniversary dinner, was yesterday their two year anniversary and they featured recycled glass bottles at both their wedding dinner and their anniversary dinner?
I bought these at Sur La Table recently for ~$7 each and used them to make infused vodkas and olive oils I can either use or give as gifts, and they've been great :)
The restaurant my boyfriend works at reuses red wine bottles as water bottles and I love it. It's so subtle and looks great. I don't drink wine but I've been starting to collect all of the bottles that come through my apartment, I've been putting them in my boots to hold them upright, water bottles, etc, etc.
@ Heneage -- she means that her wedding was two years ago yesterday. That's all.
they are perfect for making pre-made cocktails.
Fresh and Easy sells a sparkling lemonade for $1.50 that comes in one of these bottles. Drink the yummy lemonade, reuse the bottle.
I buy Dr. Bronners' soaps in bulk and store the different scents in the resealable bottles.
I've been using the ikea version for a couple years now. I fill a couple half way, leave the stopper off and stick them in the freezer. When I head out I fill the rest with water and I have nice cold water for hours. And no plastic bottles in the landfill.
The green swing-topped Grolsch beer bottles are lovely also. My mother has always used them to make salad dressing: pour in ingredients, shake, and serve.
Re removing labels: I let them soak a good while first and if lucky, they come off in one go.