You could move the Brita to the counter top to recover some fridge space if you wanted since you're chilling the bottles. Good re-use of those bottles though!
I love Grolsch swing top bottles. I use them for everything. Water, homemade sauces, "use" bottles (I buy stuff like vinegar, oils, etc. in bulk and top up grolsch bottles for actual use), etc.
How do you clean them? I once bought a dozen blue bottles of the Grolsch swing top style. I had to get rid of them eventually because there is no bottle brush that will get down in there. They were cool until then though.
I usually just soak them in Oxiclean Free in a bucket overnight once 4-6 are dirty (or PBW cleaner when I had it around when I would homebrew). You can also just put the Oxiclean in the bottles and let them sit overnight.
I also have a narrow bottle brush that I'll use that fits in there, but honestly the oxiclean basically cleans everything, even crusted junk, with an overnight soak. Then I just rinse them thoroughly.
I've also added coarse salt and rubbing alcohol and shaken the shit out of them then put them in the dishwasher for a box of like 30 of them that I bought at a garage sale for $1 (I don't think the dude ever even rinsed them after drinking the beer), but that's before I discovered how well oxiclean soak works.
If they're not particularly crusty, I'll just add a little dish soap and hot water and shake. Cleans them fine for me for me for the ones that get used more quickly/regularly.
It does kinda create the illusion of soapy bubble filled white water. If you change thinking about the 'white water' section to actually be the see through part in between clear round water droplets (the 'bubbles') that are clinging to the side of the container.
It's most likely someone recently poured some water out of it from the spout at the bottom and what water is left on the sides from the former water line slowly makes its way down to the new water level.
Because I just finished filling them and that's the water left over, and it's also an easy visual illustration of the process. I'll put it up later when we've drunk that too.
@seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@Apytele my wife seems to abhor water from the filter / tap and insists on bottled. I at least got her to switch from single use bottles to refillable jugs.
Weirdly enough even with the fridge tap my fiance was still hitting the energy drinks pretty hard but when I switched to bottling it like this he suddenly became a total #hydrohomie so I'm not fixing what ain't broke!
I use either goo gone or I also pocket the skin-safe adhesive remover from work if I only use part of a bottle on someone. I'm pretty sure it's the same exact formula and I do it before their first run through the dishwater on hot so I'm not real worried about bringing home work cooties. You could also try a liquid oil like canola to loosen it up. Most adhesives like this are oil-based, so mixing a liquid oil into the solid or semi-solid adhesive will loosen it up enough for the soap to mix in better.
Take the sticker off (tweezers make peeling up the edge easier).
rub the goo gone (or oil if you use that) into the adhesive residue with your fingers. Honestly sometimes if I'm in a rush I just give the bottle a quick little handie with the oil.
Do the same thing but with dish soap to bind to the now liquid mixture.
I follow up with an abrasive sponge just to really get in there.
There's usually a kinda hazy shadow left over unless I really really scrub, but it basically disappears after the first wash, if not second.
If the label is paper, give it half effort at peeling, then let the dishwasher take care of the rest. If it's plastic, peel it off and let the dishwasher wash off the goo. I have had it take a couple cycles to get it all off, though. I do this with Calypso bottles mainly.
For those carbonated water snobs like myself. I bought a 10lb CO2 bottle along with a hose that adapts to the soda stream and an adapter for regular carbonated water bottles.
I dream of being whatever the closest thing is to a social anarchist "influencer." Maybe "role model" is the right word? Underconsumption doesn't need to be ugly!