Is there anything to be done with a collection of vaguely fancy whisky bottles other than put them in the recycling a few a week till they’re all gone?

by Grommulox

48 comments

  1. It seems very wasteful! All suggestions of alternatives to chucking them away welcome.

  2. Could probably sell them on ebay or etsy to be honest, I think a few people like making potion-looking brews for various things. Can’t imagine you’d get much per bottle but you do have quite a few so it might stack up.

  3. Fart in the bottle, fill with cheap plonk, seal and post to people you don’t like.

  4. Some people smash them on purpose, so forgers can’t refill them .

    You could use a few as candle holders/put fairy lights in them

  5. 1. Refill them with alcohol
    2. Fashion a large chessboard
    3. Extend steps 1 and 2 to their logical and drunken conclusion

  6. Cut the tops off and make glasses/vases

    Leave them on route football match that will be heated for ready weapons for the fans

    Crush them into a fine powder and carry in your pocket to blind your enemies

    Smash them and glue them to the top of your fence

    Fill them with watered down coke and and sell to teenagers

  7. Give them away on local FB groups for crafting projects

  8. Seal them and stick a label on saying “100% Fine Scottish Air harvested from the great glens of the highlands” or some other shite like that and sell them to Americans on ebay.

  9. I had a case of nob creek, gave me one hell of a rebel yell when I went for a pee

  11. Nice choices btw. Is Noah’s Mill in there? Can’t see the back row. That would be my next recommendation.

    Also if any are Blanton’s then keep them as they’re discontinuing certain lines and also their bottle stoppers are next level.

  12. My dad has a tool that cuts round them. He usually cuts the tops off and then can use them as vases or utensil holders or he make them into candles

  13. Put them on the windowsill and pretend you’re at University again.

  14. Do you (or whoever helped you drink them) have a favourite? Or if one has sentimental value for whatever reason. If the bottle is sturdy enough you could get it turned into a lamp or a vase as a gift.

  15. Fill with the most expensive one with apple juice and take it to the the next party you get invited to. Before you take your coat off take a look around, say ‘this is too good for the likes of you lot’ and neck it in one go in front of them. 

  17. I had a bottle that was gifted to me from a friend, it wasn’t super fancy but I didn’t want to throw it as it had sentimental value. So I turned it into a little snail house:

    [https://imgur.com/a/dYXsKCJ](https://imgur.com/a/dYXsKCJ)

  18. You can get tiny lights specifically for bottles – the battery holder/switch are a cork – we’ve taken our fancy bottles and grouped them in the fireplace.

  19. I’ve seen people at craft fairs selling them with battery powered fairy lights in them. They’re surprisingly effective and give out a decent amount of light if you want to create a mood.

  20. I’m sure someone on Etsy would buy them, could be useful for set dressing etc. I also feel bad chucking out my nice spirit bottles but I don’t have the space to keep them around and I’m too lazy to see them reused

  21. Create a panic room and smash them when you need to let out some frustration. Saves money on a therapist

  23. Which was your favourite? Of these I’d go for that double oaked, or maybe do I see a bottle of Michters at the back there? That.

  28. Pile them all up in your car, unplug one of your headlights then drive around some cop hotspots until you get pulled over. Should be a larf.

  29. Buy a few strings of those cheap led lights from eBay and make some fancy lamps.

  30. Make the greatest bong the world has ever seen using flex tube

    You better have one hell of a set of lungs on you to pull through it though. Might have to add a motor

  31. Some people make bongs out of them, if you’re into that

  32. Wrap some up in newspaper and then chuck them in a black bag with the used cat litter.

    Or, drop a few in your neighbours bins the night before the binmen come

  33. Why wouldn’t you put them all in the recycling at once?

  34. I’ve made chilli oil as gifts using those sort of bottles before.

  37. There’s a wee art shop near me that turns gin bottles into lamps, painting the lamp shades with watercolours of the local countryside. It’s a cool idea that I’ve been wanting to do myself.

  39. Homebrewers would be interested and would take some off your hands. The little ones plant enthusiasts may be interested for propagation. I’d post on freecycle and if they don’t go before you get sick of them, recycle then. To reduce stress I’d leave them outside in a storage box and tell people to help themselves. Stops time wasters as you don’t need to be in for people to collect.

  40. Some people fill these things with different coloured sand or pebbles and whatnot

  41. Put them on FB marketplace, anyone organising a wedding would be interested! Could probably make a few quid from them.

  42. Is “vaguely fancy” code for any brand thats not Jim beam or jack Daniel’s?

  44. Drill a hole in the bottom, feed a bit of flex in and put a bulb holder on top. Look great in your local “cool” pub

    Drill a hole in the bottom and feed in some nice looking fairy lights, can actually look good!

  46. You can always just put them in the recycling bin…

  47. Out of genuine interest, which was your favourite? (from a taste perspective, rather than bottle)

  48. I’ve used the ‘drinks by the dram’ bottles to hold

    – white spirit for diluting oil paints

    – cat urine samples

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