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Date: 08 Nov 2006 02:27:31
From: lucky4fingers
Subject: 1 liter bottles for beer
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Can someone point me to a web page / supply details for using 1 liter
pop bottles to bottle beer. What do you use for caps? The one that came on
it orginally?
TIA
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 05:11:30
From: Steve
Subject: Re: 1 liter bottles for beer
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Yes you can use the original caps until they show wear or don't seal
well.
You can also buy new caps. They are commonly called PET caps.
Available from most (all?) brewing shops.
Steve
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:27:31 GMT, lucky4fingers
<only4@wheresTheFifth.com > wrote:
> Can someone point me to a web page / supply details for using 1 liter
>pop bottles to bottle beer. What do you use for caps? The one that came on
>it orginally?
>TIA
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 04:46:05
From: stephen
Subject: Re: 1 liter bottles for beer
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lucky4fingers wrote:
> Can someone point me to a web page / supply details for using 1 liter
> pop bottles to bottle beer. What do you use for caps? The one that came on
> it orginally?
> TIA
google pet, or pet bottles. I use them. Any place that sells the bottles
should sell the lids as well. You can reuse them a few times if you like
(just make sure to sanitize obviously). I recommend removing the tamper
ring off the lids before screwing the lids on (else the rings get stuck
on the bottle and require prying with a screwdriver to get them off).
The rings do not seal the bottle, they are only there to show if the
bottle has been opened.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 16:55:02
From: Dick Adams
Subject: Re: 1 liter bottles for beer
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lucky4fingers <only4@wheresTheFifth.com > wrote:
> Can someone point me to a web page / supply details for using
> 1 liter pop bottles to bottle beer.
Interestingly they are fairly expensive to buy and not expensive
if you just save them. I just threw out about 2 dozen of them.
> What do you use for caps? The one that came on it orginally?
Yes
Caveat: The bottles are made of PET plastic which has a very
good shelf life for keeping carbonation in and a very poor
shelf life for keeping oxygen out.
I used them for short term storage of beer I was giving to my
friends until they thought it looked tacky and gave me a couple
of cases of flip-top bottles.
Dick
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 15:30:41
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: 1 liter bottles for beer
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:27:31 GMT, <only4@wheresTheFifth.com > wrote:
> Can someone point me to a web page / supply details for using 1 liter
> pop bottles to bottle beer. What do you use for caps? The one that came on
> it orginally?
Are you talking about plastic soda bottles with screw on caps... aka PET
bottles? If so, they should work fine. Lots of people use them for
brewing. I think you can get away with just reusing the original cap,
but there's probably somebody somewhere that sells replacement caps
for them. Many homebrewers use them, so maybe one of the larger online
retailers carrys the caps?
One thing to note though, is that they aren't the best thing to use if
you are considering long term aging in the bottles. If you are going to
drink it all within a few months, then they should work great. If you
want to put them aside for a year before you open them, you may want
to think about using glass bottles instead.
John.
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