I was recently looking at some designs, both old and new, of wooden beer bottle crates and decided to make my own. I'm poor so I salvaged the wood from a pallet that was lying around.
I like the idea of the wood crate, because it makes it easier to take some beers camping or to a friends house. You can also use the crate as a seat (so you can guard the beer), or use it as a table and play cards on it.
When I get my beer brewing setup running, I plan on bottling in 22oz bottles and so far have a collection of a little over 100 of them (three 5 gallon batches worth). I happened to come across a large collection of them someone was getting rid of. They had the anchor steam style bottles, guiness bottles and the standard 22oz bomber bottles. So I decided to design the create accordingly.
The crate is designed to hold all three styles. For the standard 22oz bottle there is a set of dividers made from 1/8" wall paneling. For the anchor steam and guiness bottles you simple remove the dividers. The bottles fit nice and snug with just the right amount of room so they don't clang together. The standard 22oz don't even touch with the divider in place. The whole crate got a coating of exterior siding stain/waterproofer to protect it for the long haul. I just need to get a couple hinges or maybe just a set of latches for both sides, so I can remove the lid completely.
