Use beer bottles? why not?

vinterwannabe wrote: What are the reasons to not use beer bottles, capped or grolsh style? seems they make a good seal, could stand upright so no contact with the cap liner or gasket, just the botttle.  They could be filled to near the top eliminating most head space.  some are even in the 750 ml range or larger. Thanks much :)

You can use 2 liter plastic bottles that have been sterilized. Just buy new caps and you're on your way. Grolsh bottle would be fine. Remove the rubber ring at the top and wash it with antibacterial soap or alcohol. Pour boiling water into the bottles a couple of times to sterilize.  

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Tradition and esthetics.

As far as I'm concerned - None. I bottle some of each wine I made last year in beer bottles - they're easy to cap, the caps are very inexpensive (especially compared to good quality cork or synthetics), and it's nice having smaller bottles for an evening where I don't want to drink that much.

Do it and enjoy!

Ed

They will work very well for wines that are intended to be drunk fairly young (less than 18 to 14 months). I have not used common beer bottles but have used the Grolsh Style. I bottled a batch of dewberry in some. I used new rings. I also bottled some in standard wine bottles under cork.

I found that the wine in the Grolsh bottles did not age the same. In fact it did not seem to bottle age at all. It seemed that where the wine in the wine bottles mellowed after a year, the wine in the Grolsh bottles did not. Then after 3 years the wine in the Grolsh bottles was severely oxidized and not drinkable. I had no wine in regular bottles left to compare with.

Ray