Re-using screw topped bottles?

I do not see any problem to re-use screw top bottles. Providing that the bottles and caps are cleaned, sterilized as per accepted wine bottling procedures. It is better to use screw top bottles instead of poor quality corks.

I haven't found a screw topped bottle that will keep it's seal when I try to reuse it. Are you talking about wine bottles with screw tops? That's what I used. Maybe the machines that put the original screw top on makes a seal. Anyways, I put the bottles sideways and within a week they leaked, not much, but I had red around the rims.

Maybe I just had bad luck. But that's my 2 cents. I hope to learn from this thread, as more and more bottles are coming out with screw tops, I will have no choice but to figure out how to re-use them, or face purchasing all my bottles (NO!!!).

DAve

Paul wrote:

I do it all of the time with no problem....

Later, A.J.

Presque Isle sells a plastic screw cap that works well and is supposed to be reusable. It has a poly liner that looks looks a dimple; it's not a paper or Styrofoam seal that gets crushed which probably does make that style harder to reseal.

Keep in mind there are different thread pitches, these don't fit all bottles.

Here is the link; I use them for give away vinegar with no issues

I'm sure they are available in Canada too.

Joe

Dave Allis> I haven't found a screw topped bottle that will keep it's seal when I

Have any of you tried mylar bags? I've used them for wine I'm not planning to age. It makes a great way to draw a glass without opening a bottle - though I've never had a problem emptying the bottle.

Dave Allis> wow. I learn all the time here. I'll check out the plastic screw caps.

Me too. I just cork them like any non-screw top bottle.

Steve

A. J. Rawls wrote:

I don't know what a mylar bag is... I Froogled it and can't find any that seal.. can you point to what you mean on the internet? Interesting idea.

DAve

snipped-for-privacy@veriz> Have any of you tried mylar bags? I've used them for wine I'm not

Joe,

I use these (you mentioned) frequently in the gallon and "fifth" sizes. They work quite well as long as you line them up just right, it is easy to "misthread" them. I use the gallon to bulk age if I need carboys.

They work fine on gallon carlo rossi bottles, and most liquor bottles. Some of the wine bottles with aluminum screw caps have a different pitch, but these work nice.

Greg, Erie, PA

These are called Polyseal caps. However, they fit very few screwtop wine bottles. They fit Arbor Mist wine bottles (at least the last one I bought probably about 5 years ago). They fit many liquor bottles.

I suspect that any testing of wine under screw cap was NOT done with this style of cap. Regardless, probably good for 'shorter' storage.

Steve