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Capping twist-cap bottles?

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  • 17-11-2011 7:42pm
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    JerryHispano
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭


    Hi

    I have a Coopers Canadian blonde from homebrewwest brewing since Sunday and I'm wondering what to do about bottles?

    I have a few friends that drink the pils from Lidl that comes in 500ml brown twist-cap bottles (perlenbacher i think) and i was wondering if they can be capped?

    I could probably get a hold of some miller twist-caps before bottling time too (I know they're not brown glass)

    Or has anyone any other cost-efficient way to bottle beer?

    Thanks.


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    covey09
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭covey09


    You can buy 24 PET bottle for 50Cent a bottle with lids.


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    JerryHispano
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭JerryHispano


    Ya, The ox-bar ones are the alternative to glass bottles. They still add up to €20 to bottle the beer, a capper and caps would be cheaper and somewhat classier-looking too imo.

    Would capping the twist-tops work at all?


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    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    JerryHispano wrote: »

    Would capping the twist-tops work at all?

    A guy on here before was advised not to a while ago, I think because your beer will be putting the bottle under more pressure due to the priming sugar fermenting out.


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    Mashtun
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Mashtun


    No ya cant cap twist cap bottles with regular caps. I use Tyskie bottles they're pretty good. any commercial bottle thats not a twist cap can be recapped. Just need a capper and some caps.


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    JerryHispano
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭JerryHispano


    So its a no-go on the twist-tops. Thanks all


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