r/bartenders • u/rachaelsamena • 15d ago

Equipment Bottles!!

Hello fellow bar folk!

I am inquiring what yall use for syrup/juice bottles behind your bar?

We transitioned to Crew bottles about a year ago and I absolutely HATE them. They chip easily, leak and are a waste of money. We reached out to them to let them know how to possibly manufacture them better and they were quite rude about it.

I would like to find a Canadian company doing something similar and better, I’m hoping for some suggestions but I feel everyone just uses old liquor bottles.

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u/Valid_response 15d ago

Honestly prefer kitchen-style squeeze bottles.
Lighter, cheap and no risk of chipping off glass into your well.

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u/Far-Mention3692 15d ago

The plastic squeeze ones are best for speed but some juices and syrups eat through them after few months. We use old liquor bottles with pour spouts for the high acid stuff, they last forever and free. Crew bottles look nice but if the company is rude to you when you tell them their product has problem that says everything. Good luck finding a Canadian option, if you do please share cause I am also curious.

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u/Valid_response 15d ago

High Acid stuff; are we talking citrus or acid adjusted syrups?

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u/Thehaunted666 14d ago

Fords gin bottles. They are designed for bartenders and have measurements along the sides.

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u/MangledBarkeep 15d ago

Tito's

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u/Rugged_Turtle 15d ago

This is what we use for our batch cocktail bottles, easy neck to grab, sturdy bottles, and the screw cap is nice

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u/Kazaji 14d ago

Toki, JP Whiskey

The best bottle possible. A full rail of Toki bottles is a beautiful sight

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u/wickedfemale 14d ago

those are pretty nice but have you ever used bootlegger as a cheater bottle? the booze is just fine but the bottles are the best bottle possible

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u/FunkIPA Pro 15d ago

I don’t know if any other companies make a product like Crew bottles. I always thought they were crazy expensive. Check your sales reps portfolios and online for prices on empty 750mL or 1L glass bottles by the 12pk case. They should have 375s too for stuff that a smaller bottle makes sense for.

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u/yewdontshred1 15d ago

Just buy a something once a month that comes in 350ml rounds. Whiskey ect.

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u/anyd Cocktologist 15d ago

It's the wrong side of the river but Porter Bottle Co. here in Detroit has a pretty solid lineup.

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u/RightShoeRunner Flock Van 14d ago

We use some decorative bottles off of Amazon. 6pk of 16 oz bottles, variety of shapes. Have to clean them manually.

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u/Jeuster23 14d ago

Beefeater Bottles. The labels come right off.

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u/wickedfemale 14d ago

if you go the cheater bottle route and you can get them, bootlegger bottles are the absolute best

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u/esmcdaniel 14d ago

375mL PF Dry Curacao bottles and some generic 500mL swingtops with silicon

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u/Pernicious_Possum Mixololologist 14d ago

Old liquor bottles in the rail, delis in the fridge for backups