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[upyerkilt]

Anyone ever try using twist off bottles for home brew? I don't mean trying to put a crown cap and capping with a capper, I'm thinking about re-using the twist off cap that came with the bottle. I have some Labatt blue light bottles that seem heavy enough to use. Does anyone know where twist off caps can be purchased? Anyone ever try this?

[cpfan]

Most people will answer that the glass is too light in screw cap beer bottles for capping. I have had very good experience capping Canadian screw cap bottles. The ones that are reused in some proivinces, eg Labatts and Molsons and Sleemans.

What did I use? Standard crown caps and a bench style crown capper.

Steve

[upyerkilt]

Most people will answer that the glass is too light in screw cap beer bottles for capping. I have had very good experience capping Canadian screw cap bottles. The ones that are reused in some proivinces, eg Labatts and Molsons and Sleemans.

What did I use? Standard crown caps and a bench style crown capper.

Steve

Thanks. Did you ever try to re-use the twist cap? I've never heard of anyone trying this. I'm going to be bottling some beer tomorrow and I may give it a try.

[cpfan]

Thanks. Did you ever try to re-use the twist cap? I've never heard of anyone trying this. I'm going to be bottling some beer tomorrow and I may give it a try.

It can be done, but it's difficult (at least for me), and I'm uncertain about the quality of the seal. New caps are so cheap that I just use them.

I use fewer caps anyway because I bottle over half of each batch in 650ml bottles, and sometimes use swing-top bottles (ie Grolsch style).

You could also use pop bottles. I know that most folks re-use the caps for them.

Steve