2 Litre Plastic Pop Bottles?
Do soda 2 liter bottles work with the Tap=A-Draft system? When I had one I thought you had to buy those blue bottles that were 3 liters.
cmanley542 wrote:
Do soda 2 liter bottles work with the Tap=A-Draft system? When I had one I thought you had to buy those blue bottles that were 3 liters.
The blue bottles are 6 liters and I think they run around $5 each. But the neck/thread is the same size as a 3 liter soda bottle, which usually costs less than a buck. The 2 liter soda bottles are just a little too small, but they work with the carbonator tops.
DT
I thought the standard plastic soda bottles from the grocery store WERE 2 liters, is there a 3 liter bottle?
cmanley542 wrote:
I thought the standard plastic soda bottles from the grocery store WERE 2 liters, is there a 3 liter bottle?
Yea, but this is America...home of the obese. 2 liter bottles is the standard, but every grocery store I've been in has also sold 3 liter bottles of soda. A lot of the time its the generic stuff.
DT
I think that glass is better.
I once bottled cider in plastic bottles, and, although it tasted ok, it had a funny smell. We didn't find this effect when we used glass bottles.
Plastic can give a funny smell, but also creates a lot less shrapnel. The point of the thread is finding an alternative to bottling 50 bottles for every batch.
jamebow wrote:
also, it would be ghetto as hell.
Hey, I like my ghetto beer. HAHA!
Seriously though, I didnt know that the plastic
bottles don't seal. Good info, thanks.
Where would you buy those little plastic rims that
are in the bottle cap?
I'm sure all the answeres will come to me soon. I was
figuring if you are recycling a bottle that isnt usually
a bottle for beer, then you probably won't be able to buy
spare parts for them. Right?
Hmm, sounds like more work than saving work.
I would really try to stay away from using plastic to bottle your beer. Plastic is very permiable to oxygen and oxygen can be really bad for your beer. Glass (dark not clear) is the best way to go. Clear bottles are O.K. but not ideal. There is a chance for the beer to get light struck and that can cause skunky flavors.
Another thing about using plastic bottles is that I am not sure how well those caps are for keeping your beer completely sealed off. Seems there would be a better chance for mishaps. I know some people have this fear of glass bottles because of the "bottle bombs" problem that some people have. I assure you that if you make sure your beer is fully fermented (use a hydrometer, you'll know if it is) and you use anywhere close to the right amount of priming sugar or DME you won't have to worry about that.
I've heard that dark bottles are better. So why does Corona etc, use clear bottles?