What to do with empty bottles?

[DaveOfAtl]

The fresh cayenne peppers work perfectly for this application, whether they be green or red. It's not like a regular "hot sauce," though. This is really just a spicy vinegar that southerners typically refer to as "pepper sauce" that we put on vegetables (collard greens, okra, black eyed peas, etc.). I am, however, very interested in attempting a homemade hot sauce, akin to a Franks. I haven't tried that yet, though. I used a E.H. Taylor tornado survivor bottle, by the way, which looks pretty awesome on my counter.

[Enoch]

Fat-bottomed bottles (such as ORVW & Templeton) work great as lamp bases. I drill a small hole near the base to allow a small cord to pass through, find a decent little lampshade and... let there be light! Yes, drilling holes in glass can be a real PITA.
Unfortunately, some of the coolest bottles are tall and slender - not real practical as a lamp.

I do something similar except I fill the bottle with x-mas lights, cut the plug off and run it out the drilled hole and put the plug back on. Nice accent lights. Got the idea from a local bartender who sells them.

[fishnbowljoe]

I pretty much do the same things as most of y'all do. I keep my empty ETL and Weller Centennial bottles for decanting handles, smaller vattings, etc... I wholeheartedly agree that they do take up less shelf space. (and they fit in shipping boxes better too ) I also keep a couple of empty Weller 12, OWA or Weller SR bottles in case I open a bottle and a cork breaks. I also keep at least one empty Weller SR handle on hand in case I want to do a vatting of two full 750's. Re: SB or Weller blend, or Joe's Reserve. Joe's Reserve is my 1:1 vatting of WTRB and WTRR 10/90.

Once in a while my wife will get flowers to put on the server in our dining room. She liked one of my bottles, and when it was empty, she used it as a flower vase. I believe it was either a FR Mariage or Angel's Envy bottle. I can't remember which one it was. I haven't seen it in a while, so it may have ended up in the recycle bin.

One novel idea that another member here (ACDetroit IIRC) once talked about, was having a glass cutter cut down empty BTAC bottles, and make them into rocks glasses.

[Young Blacksmith]

Windchime - knock the bottom off using the burning string/bucket of water method, put a wooden bead on a string, and hang it appropriately. Different sizes will make different tones.

I like to keep at most 1 empty around for decanting. Most of the empties I have go into a retaining wall (for outdoor display) mixed with concrete, mortar, and chicken wire.

We use empty beer bottles to make raised beds for the garden, and I have an outdoor oven project I'd like to do one day using the bottles and mortar for a base. Makes some really nice, unusual accents around the grassy spots.

[soonami]

... I also keep a couple of empty Weller 12, OWA or Weller SR bottles in case I open a bottle and a cork breaks...

That's actually a really good use I hadn't thought about

One novel idea that another member here (ACDetroit IIRC) once talked about, was having a glass cutter cut down empty BTAC bottles, and make them into rocks glasses.

I've tried doing this with beer bottles before, but it's a lot of work, requiring an expensive glass cutter and a grinding wheel for sanding down the edges.

[Tico]

This empty bottle of VWFRR lives on as olive oil for cooking and topping

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