Bottles
Ron and Bev Dent
beer.It seems a waste to just throw them in the bin.
Ron
Dan Logcher
> Does anyone have thoughts on using screw cap wine bottles for beer or ginger
> beer.It seems a waste to just throw them in the bin.
Good question.. One of my sisters drinks screw-top wines, so I could collect
a decent supply of bottles. The real question is will they hold any sort of
pressure?
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Dan
Ecnerwal
They are not designed to take pressure - as such, you may experience a
lot of bottle bombs. That seems a waste of good beer or ginger beer.
You could switch to getting wine in a "cask" (fancy term the marketing
people dreamed up because they don't like the connotations of a box,
which is really a bag-in-a-box) It's quite a decent system for wine, and
some decent wine is being put into them, if you look for it. Less waste,
also less spoilage of wine (no air gets into the bag until the bag is
nearly empty).
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notbob
Screw tops for quality wine is making inroads. I jes had a great CA
red from a respected winery the other night. I was surprised to see
it in screw top bottle. It's the wave of the future. But, wine has
no inherent pressure. Not only are the screw tops not designed for
pressure, but I doubt the bottles are, either. I'd steer waaay clear.
If you haven't noticed, commercial beers in corked bottles are in
champagne style wine bottles using wired corks. If you drink a lot of
champagne, you're in luck, as they can be safely used.
nb
Ed Edelenbos
"Ecnerwal" <MyName...@ReplaceWithMyVices.Com.invalid> wrote in message
news:MyNameForward-34D...@news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <hg7s10$4cc$1...@news-01.bur.connect.com.au>,
> "Ron and Bev Dent" <rbd...@aapt.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have thoughts on using screw cap wine bottles for beer or
>> ginger
>> beer.It seems a waste to just throw them in the bin.
>> Ron
>
> They are not designed to take pressure - as such, you may experience a
> lot of bottle bombs. That seems a waste of good beer or ginger beer.
>
I'd think you'd be much (much much) more likely to experience flat (very
un-carbonated) product. There are beer styles that could pass but a major
part of making ginger beer is getting bubbles in it.... It seems like
misplaced energy.
Ed
Bob F
I just saved a screw top "sparkling cider" (unfermented) bottle with similar
thoughts. I thought that it must be strong enough for some pressure, although it
is certainly not built like a champagne bottle.
Ecnerwal
"Bob F" <bobn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just saved a screw top "sparkling cider" (unfermented) bottle
Sparkling (ie, carbonated) bottles should be fine (fermented product or
not) - plastic soda bottles work if you are not too picky about
oxidation; I personally don't go there, though one bottle can be a handy
gauge if you are nervous about carbonation (you can feel it to gauge
progress, without having to open any).
I use quite a few crown-cap sparkling cider bottles - they are bit less
heavy than champagne, but far heavier than many 22 oz beer bottles. I
also use some champagne bottles, but only the versions that use a
regular sized crown cap - the bigger crown caps (much less the cork and
wire) have too much of a premium price for my taste.
Ron and Bev Dent
near future and will report on the outcome.
Ron
TARogue
>about. Please include relevant text from the post you are replying
>to!
>
I knew who he was talking to and what he was talking about. If you
follow the group, you can figure this stuff out without continually
reposting everything that everyone has said. It's not like this was a
dead thread from months past.
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TARogue (t a r o g u e (at) y a h o o . c o m)
"So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous
to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind." Ecclesiastes 2:17