I have no problem bottling my old Canadian stubbies or Corona bottles with my old style capper. New screw tops are a bit more difficult. Any suggestions on my plight or should I start collecting Coke bottles (as previous post described)!
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:25:34 -0700, "Tom Lampman" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:
Some screwtops just can't be capped with crown caps and any capper a home brewer wants to spend the money on.
Get friendly with your local beverage place and see what they'd charge you for empties. (You should be able to get them for the deposit price if you have bottle deposit in your state.)
I have no trouble at all capping my old screw top longnecks. But I've been told this is because we breed our bottles strong here in Australia.
For what it's worth... I've been bottling brew in screw top bottles for 3 years. Very,very few duds. I simply save the original caps from commercial brews, put them in hot water at brewing time and screw them on to the filled bottles. Have to use a thin glove on my capping hand to keep from getting blisters. However... It works for me!!
Seems to me I once saw the caps in a homebrew supply catalog.
More importantly, have you looked at any of the screw off cap removers as a way to save your hands? They are a piece of anodized aluminum extrusion, ~1/4" thick with an inside shape that fits over the cap and allows greater leverage.
I know one thing. I try to only buy beer in bottles that do not have twist off tops. There are exceptions, but if I am deciding between beers that are twist off or pry off. Well, I don't pick the twist off. I have bottled over
600 bottles since September. Now that I have a good supply of drinking beer, I can brew some big beers, barley wines, meads or braggots. That way I can let them age and just drink my supply. And as I drink them, that will free up bottles to reuse.DrinksForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.