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uberg33k
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The Internet
314 Posts


Has anyone noticed that Better Bottles are starting to go out of stock everywhere?  I asked one retailer and they said they couldn't re-order them at this time.  Anyone know what's up with that?



Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


What.

I didn't know this, but I'm going to go to my LHBS and buy all the three-gallon ones tomorrow. 




Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Production issue?



Posted 34 days ago.

tracebusta
Charter Member
Somerville, MA
155 Posts


I wouldn't think so, especially after hearing the rumors that Northern Brewer/Midwest Supplies were going to stop selling the BBs in favor of the Big Mouth Bubblers.



Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
Charter Member
The Internet
314 Posts


Just got an answer from Better Bottles:

"A weather event caused massive flooding at our plant and we had to replace the production equipment. We are back in production now and the dealers should be catching up soon."




Posted 34 days ago.

tracebusta
Charter Member
Somerville, MA
155 Posts


Uf da, bummer for them. Hope they're able to catch up again.



Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


Oh good, that means I don't need to panic-buy all the better bottles then



Posted 34 days ago.

uberg33k
Charter Member
The Internet
314 Posts


I mean ... you can still panic buy them if you want to, you just don't need to.



Posted 34 days ago.

KidMoxie
Charter Member
San Elijo Hills, CA
405 Posts


Hmm... I was literally just wondering that last night. All the retailers were out of the 6 gallon bottles, I was worried they'd stopped production. It's a bummer they had to replace the equipment, but it's good to see they're back on track.



Posted 34 days ago.

chino_brews
Charter Member
Eden Prairie, MN
301 Posts


The on-duty manager at Northern Brewer in Minneapolis told me they planned to discontinue Better Bottles, and sold me the 3-gallon display model for 20% off plus my 10% AHA discount. I hope NB plans to come out with a 3-gallon version of the PET Big Mouth Bubbler, because a 5-gallon doesn't cut it for certain purposes.



Posted 34 days ago.

ercousin
Charter Member
Toronto, Canada
77 Posts


They were out of stock here in Toronto for the same reason, but that was in December. They've been back in stock for a least a month now.



Posted 34 days ago.

CXR1037
San Diego, CA
23 Posts


>I didn't know this, but I'm going to go to my LHBS and buy all the three-gallon ones tomorrow. 


Will you sell them on craigslist at an extremely inflated price? 



Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by CXR1037

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


Of course not, I'll selfishly hoard them and convince myself that of course I will use them all someday. 



Posted 34 days ago.

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