Amber Flip-Top Steinie Bottles 33cl with Closures — Swing-Top Beer Bottles for Homebrewing

These 33cl amber Steinie flip-top bottles pack the most charming shape in beer packaging into the most practical serving size — supplied as a box of 12 with swing-top closures included and fitted, ready to fill on arrival. The Steinie is the classic short, round-shouldered stubby that defined European beer for half a century: squat, stable, and unmistakably retro on a table. Fitted with the wire-bail swing-top, it needs no crown caps, no capping machine, and no capping step at all — fill, flip the bail closed, and the seal is made.

At 33cl, this is the single-serve format — and that changes what the bottle is for. One bottle is one proper glass: no half-flat second pour, no commitment to half a litre on a weeknight, and the right portion for tastings, competitions, and sampling a batch as it conditions week by week. It's also the honest size for strong beer — a 9% Quadrupel or a barleywine belongs in 33cl servings, and bottle-conditioning big Belgians into Steinies is exactly how the classics do it. The amber glass earns its keep the same way it always does: blocking the UV light that skunks hop compounds in minutes, so the beer tastes brewed, not light-struck.

The swing-top seal is the same proven mechanism as its bigger siblings: the rubber gasket compresses evenly under the bail's spring tension, holds bottle-conditioning carbonation reliably — including the higher carbonation Belgian styles demand — and opens with the pop that never gets old. Closures are reusable indefinitely, gaskets replaceable in seconds when they finally tire, and the bottles rinse, sanitise, and go back into rotation batch after batch. A box of 12 packages roughly 4 litres; five boxes (60 bottles) handles a typical 20-litre batch almost exactly.

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Key Features

• Box of 12 amber 33cl Steinie bottles, swing-top closures included and fitted — ready to fill on arrival
• Classic Steinie stubby shape — short, round-shouldered, stable, and properly retro
• 33cl single-serve format — tastings, competitions, strong beers, and no half-flat leftovers
• Amber glass blocks UV light — protects hop character from skunky, light-struck off-flavours
• Gasket-sealed swing-top holds bottle-conditioning pressure, Belgian carbonation levels included
• Reusable indefinitely — no caps, no capper, gaskets replaceable for pennies

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Usage

Best suited for: Bottling and bottle-conditioning beer, cider, and mead in single-serve portions; strong Belgian and barrel-style beers; competition entries and tastings; gifting and mixed packs

Compatible with: Standard bottling wands and auto-siphons, bottle rinsers and brushes, standard to Belgian-level bottle-conditioning carbonation

Sizing guide: One box of 12 packages ~4 litres. A typical 20-litre batch needs 60 bottles — five boxes covers it almost exactly.

Note: Check that the gasket is seated cleanly and free of debris before closing — the gasket is the seal. For very highly carbonated styles, leave proper headspace and store upright as with any bottle-conditioned beer.

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Quick facts

Type: Flip-top / swing-top bottle — Steinie shape
Capacity: 33cl (330ml) per bottle
Pack size: Box of 12 bottles (~4 litres total)
Closures: 12× swing-top closures included and fitted
Colour: Amber / brown glass — UV protective
Material: Glass
Gaskets: Replaceable
Use: Bottling, bottle conditioning, strong beers, tastings, competitions, gifting

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Related products

• Amber Flip-Top Bottles 50cl with Closures — the bigger sibling for sharing-size pours; many brewers split a batch across both
• Vinoferm Glucose 1kg  — the priming sugar that carbonates these naturally in the bottle
• Auto-Siphon 3/8" — racks the finished beer onto the priming solution without splashing or sediment
• Double Blast Bottle Washer — rinses a box of 12 clean in minutes before filling
• Castle Malting Special Belgium Malt 260–320 EBC — the Dubbels and Quads this bottle size was made to serve