What to do with empty whiskey bottles?

as I finish different bottles of whiskey, I hate to just recycle the glass bottles, since some of them have cool features in the glass or are interesting shapes.
Does anybody want these for anything, or have any ideas I should save them for?
I don’t really want to get into the glass cutting process. I have looked up different methods online, and that’s just not an additional hobby I need to get involved in.
Maybe I’m answering my own question and I should just recycle them rather than spending time on it.

Bottle tree?

Give them a decent burial. they gave their life for you.

Led light ropes and post on pinterest?

recycle

I’ve never done it but I’ve seen people use the ones with neat shapes as decorations. Nicknacks

pull off the labels and then fill them with sand, beads, beans or colored water.

cold1 said:

Bottle tree?

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Lady in our town did a bottle tree then planted morning glory at the base and let it climb. Tree looks real good covered in the blooms.

Replace them with a new full one

I make red wine vinegar and use any that have a cork stopper for the vinegar..

I’ve used them as man-cave/hunting cabin candle stands. Looks really cool and gets cooler as you burn more candles and the wax melts over them.

Choot 'em!

Break them up and scatter the glass into fresh concrete atop the concrete block wall around the house?

Soak 'em. Scrub off the old labels with a brillo pad. Fill 'em back up with your homemade 'shine aged in once used charred white oak barrels, and give them away as Christmas presents to the deserving.

I like to scatter them on the local politician's lawns and around their car and take pictures and post to social media

Brian K said:

Soak 'em. Scrub off the old labels with a brillo pad. Fill 'em back up with your homemade 'shine aged in once used charred white oak barrels, and give them away as Christmas presents to the deserving.

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Good idea. I think I was probably deserving this year.

Put the empties on a stump and target practice.

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nothing classier than ol JD number 5 lamps in front of an oil painting of dogs playing cards

If you know someone with a pottery kiln, you can melt bottles down into cool stuff

My ex girlfriend’s dad had one in his house (rich dude) and he would make like glass serving spoon holders out of beer bottles. Put one on its side in the kiln (probably on a non stick tray of some kind...a kiln operator should know) and he’d fire it up. It would come out flat and melted out, the perfect size to put by a stove to hold a stirring spoon. A whiskey bottle being much larger you could do something cooler with I bet

I guess I’m the only one that just puts the empty bottles up as decor

I have one like this, I found myself asking the same question. This is all I could come up with.

Just fill them with ice tea, and load up your fridge. Then guzzle them while you’re driving around in your car. Lol

Probably make a cooler looking display & storage option than the kombucha bottles I use.

I made some lights to go in my bar for Christmas