Bottles
Scott
twist offs!). I've been buying various microbrews in 6 packs at the
store. Is there any reason I can't reuse their bottles for homebrew?
The reason I ask is at the base of the bottle, there is raised letters
saying "Do Not Refill"...does that just mean they are not returnable to
the brewery or is there a safety reason they should not be used again
(ie explosion?)???
Scott
KenS
I have never tried it but I understood it to be that they will not
withstand the pressure of the carbonation process. On the other hand,
I have heard (not seen) that some people use plastic water bottles.
I have a keg system but I still bottle using flip-tops of the Grolsch
variety for some beers that I brew. High gravity beers just seem to
taste better when bottled versus coming out of a keg. Luckily, I have
an acquaintance that drinks Grolsch that has given me about 8 cases of
bottles.
I was never forced to do it but I bet a local bar that serves Grolsch
might set aside empties for ya in return for a few filled with
homebrew.
Scott
That's an idea...now if I could only find a bar serving Grolsch within
500 miles of me :)
Scott
Lushy
store them out of the sun.
Mike Lenker
are best, but I re-use crimp-cap bottles all the time. Look at the glass,
the heavier it looks the better it is. There are some German swing-top
bottles that look bomb-proof (Mondschein?). Grolsche are great, as are
Fischer d'Alsace (same but bigger). European (especially german) bottles
are often thicker, experment with some brews and see how heavu the bottles
feel. I'd tell you which ones I use but the labels are long gone... I
think the larger bottles (18-22 oz) are generally better for re-use.
Never had a bottle explode.
mkl
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Lushy
never had a dud yet, its a myth that you cannot use twist tops as my old
capper does a great job.
Lushy
Joe Sallustio
> I use carlton Cold 375 mil clear glassed stubbies which are twist tops and
> never had a dud yet, its a myth that you cannot use twist tops as my old
> capper does a great job.
> Lushy
>
>
>
> Mike Lenker wrote:
> > use bottles from reputable, high-quality breweries. Of course,
> > returnables are best, but I re-use crimp-cap bottles all the time. Look at
> > the glass, the heavier it looks the better it is. There are
> > some German swing-top bottles that look bomb-proof (Mondschein?). Grolsche
> > are great, as are Fischer d'Alsace (same but bigger). European (especially
> > german) bottles are often thicker, experment
> > with some brews and see how heavu the bottles feel. I'd tell you
> > which ones I use but the labels are long gone... I think the larger
> > bottles (18-22 oz) are generally better for re-use.
> > Never had a bottle explode.
>
> > mkl
>
> >news:kPSdna-uyuJne3_a...@bright.net...
> >> My local brewery supply of bottles has dried up (they finally went to
> >> twist offs!). I've been buying various microbrews in 6 packs at the
> >> store. Is there any reason I can't reuse their bottles for
> >> homebrew? The reason I ask is at the base of the bottle, there is
> >> raised letters saying "Do Not Refill"...does that just mean they are
> >> not returnable to the brewery or is there a safety reason they
> >> should not be used again (ie explosion?)???
>
>
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I have always reused any bottle that had beer in it. I throw away
the twist off's but that is because I have so many regular ones. I
usually use the shorter green ones for 'give away' beer, if the bottle
doesn't come back I don't really care. (It's a carry over from
winemaking, I want my bottles back. I hate taking new labels off and
mine fall right off...)
I naturally carbonate with 1 ounce of priming sugar per gallon and
have never had an issue with bottle grenades. At least half of mine
are not returnable and some are pretty thin; the rest are swingtop
Grolsh. My capper is an antique too, it cost ~$2; it's at least 40
years old and we got it used when caps had cork inside them. I may
try some of the twist off's now.
Joe
Joe
Joe