Quick Question...

Hello, I am new to this hobby, not even sure where I'm gonna buy half of this stuff yet...

Anyway, I have been reading up at

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and it says I need to get either 48 12 oz. or 30 22 oz. bottles plus a bottle capper for my first batch that will hopefully not blow my house up. But I have tons of empty Bud and Schlitz (don't ask!) 40 oz. bottles uh, lying around under my basement stairs... is it a no-no to use a bottle this large for bottling, or is it because the twist-on caps are no good or something? Maybe I need to buy the smaller bottles because they are already sanitized? Ok I better save other questions for other posts... thanks!

Ok one more thing I looked in my phone book and it appears the closest home brew supply store is more than an hour away from me, is there a great online store for this stuff that anyone can recommend? Thanks again!

!!!!!!!!SCHLITZ!!!!!!!!

Raddion

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Raddion
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The size of the bottle is no problem. Nor is reusing bottles. However, the twist-off type tend not to seal as well as they should. You want the kind with a smooth lip.

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Thundarr

lots of good spots to shop

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and many more for sure

ts only about 45min for me to lhbs but usually shop there 'cause they are a wealth of info on what works and more importantly what doesn't!! Lots of help to a newbie

Buzz

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DragonTail

I do know you can't re-use the screw cap type bottles. At least that's my experience.

As for your second question I can recommend

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I buy from them all the time.

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kernal

Hats off to you for starting off with the online version of How to Brew! Stores? I use:

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Andy H.

lol...I suppose my previous post might be taken out of context. What I meant, was that I suggest Midwest as well :)

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Andy H.

On 20 Feb 2005 07:41:20 -0800, "kernal" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

I've capped many screw-type bottles. It just takes a lot more care if you want them to really seal well.

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Al Klein

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Andy H.

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:14:35 GMT, "Andy H. " said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

Absolutely not. If you can twist them, they're not on right.

First you need a good table-top capper. A winged capper won't do it. Then you just have to be very careful then the cap is as far down as possible. It's a lot easier to do than to explain. If you do it right, slightly over-carbonated beer won't fizz out from under the cap.

The best advice I can give you is to try it until you get it right. (Try it with warm soda first. Cap it, then shake it up. If that holds, it's probably airtight.)

Or you can just get a good relationship going with a beverage place and buy their non-twist-off returns for the deposit price.

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Al Klein

Hey thank you everybody for all your advice I did read every reply and I gained a lot of knowledge!

I guess I'm gonna start off with a pale ale and then work my way up to a lager... eventually I hope to brew something similar to oldschool Schlitz!!!

thanks again

Raddion

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Raddion

I'm not sure how accurate my statement is . . . so I'll tell it like I think it goes, and if there's any discrepancies to my statement - you can correct me.

A former co-worker of mine has been brewing for many years, and has sparked my interest in the hobby.

I believe that he told me that he either "bottles" or transfers his batch into a five gallon wine/champagne dispensing box/bag, and stores in the frig.

I have not seen him in years, and only recently obtained the interest. Is there any truth to this method of "bottling"?

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:47:55 -0600, "Stone-ok" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

As long as the "bottle" is food grade, doesn't impart a taste to the beer and is airtight, you can probably use it. (Mr. Beer comes with plastic "beer bottles".) I use 2 liter soda bottles quite often. (And the threads on soda bottles match the threads on a "Carbonator", so you can carbonate the beer after you've poured some. You can use it to recarbonate soda too.)

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Al Klein

Hello,

I'm no expert on brewing but i brewd and drunk just over 1000 bottles (just started about 4 months ago) and i have been bottling with the twist off style bottles and so far every bottle has been sealed fine. I'd say if the the bottles arn't sealing properly then look at your capping method, there are a whole bunch of diffrent cappers, from those you hit with a hammer (useless, and frustrating :-)), clamps (o.k but tend to break the necks of the bottles), and leaver, plunger or whatever you want to call them, that's what i use they bolt on to a bench, put the beer on the bottom pull the leaver and your done.

resuing bottles is fine you just need to sanitise them, i just use milton, but any product for sanitazing baby bottles would be fine, just follow the instructions on the bottle.

Regards Mark

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