Bye Bye Grolsch flippers

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

I went to pick up some more Groslch from my local bottle store and every single new bottle comes with a normal cap.
So I went to a few others to check and all of the new stock is capped.

So it looks like Im going to need to find a new flipper source, not super keen to start capping and kegging is a long way off.
It seems kinda sad to me, those flippers were probably one of the reason people bought them to begin with!

[CaPunT Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaPunT]

Oh shit, really? I have a good number of them on hand but I'm always looking for more...
I get my mates to buy them in exchange for home brews so that i can keep the bottles and got 4 more just this last weekend.

A friend of mine ordered a few cases from Norman Goodfellows recently, try checking them out if you're desperate?

https://www.ngf.co.za/collections/be...32058672840753

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/4816...p_Bottles.html

[CaPunT Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaPunT]

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/4816...p_Bottles.html

haha what a rip off - you can get 8 news ones with beer in them for the same price!

[BackOffMyBrew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BackOffMyBrew]

Weird, my local Tops still has the 4 packs of flip tops

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

haha what a rip off - you can get 8 news ones with beer in them for the same price!

Tell me about it ... you must see the crazy prices on e-bay

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

Weird, my local Tops still has the 4 packs of flip tops

Its probably old stock then.
Its either that or they have switched to bringing in the lager, its a normal capped bottle vs their signature style in the flipper.

Hopefully they come back soon, I have 50 odd bottles but that is pretty much a single 20L batch!

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

Oh shit, really? I have a good number of them on hand but I'm always looking for more...
I get my mates to buy them in exchange for home brews so that i can keep the bottles and got 4 more just this last weekend.

A friend of mine ordered a few cases from Norman Goodfellows recently, try checking them out if you're desperate?

https://www.ngf.co.za/collections/be...32058672840753

I see they are out of stock on them too. Might just have been something related to the lockdown bans and new stock coming into the country.

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/4816...p_Bottles.html

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

And they are back!
It seems only the 330ml capped lagers were available after lockdown restrictions.
Today I found the 440ml flippers back in stock when picking up wine for my wife.
Happy days!

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Had a feeling Covid was behind it

[CaPunT Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaPunT]

yeah, ever since you posted this i've been popping into bottle stores(when i was near any) to see if they were still around, and have yet to NOT find them

[LiquidBread Member Find all posts View Profile Close LiquidBread]

And they are back!
It seems only the 330ml capped lagers were available after lockdown restrictions.
Today I found the 440ml flippers back in stock when picking up wine for my wife.
Happy days!

I need to buy a couple of carry packs

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[Snorlax99 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snorlax99]

Saw a whole bunch of the pop top 6 packs at Ultra Liquors Wynberg in CT

[Rocket-Boy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rocket-Boy]

Had a feeling Covid was behind it

I was really hoping it was and Im super happy it ended up like that!

I dont have capping or kegging equipment so my flippers are important.
What I have found is that keeping track of the samples I gave to mates and getting the bottles back is a pain! I might need to look into capping at some stage.