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twist off beer bottles
Is it ok to cap onto twist off style beer bottles?
jscandal79 wrote:
Is it ok to cap onto twist off style beer bottles?
I have never tried to but I have read in several books that did not suggest it because they are too thin and hard to to get a good seal with the cap.
I would say no. Mainly because twist offs don't have the same lip as pry bottles to secure the cap. And they could let air seep in, which would degrade the quality of the brew.....
no, don't use twist offs. as stated above they won't seal correctly and your beer won't carbonate as well as oxygen getting into the bottles and oxidizing the brew.
if you want to recycle beer bottles from your purchasing and drinking of store-bought bottles, just buy the pry-off caps (Sam Adams, New Belgian, Smithwicks, etc...).
i would stear clear of the green bottles though, you want amber glass to prevent light strike of the beer once it is bottled (so no heineken, st pauli girl, etc...).
krausenator wrote:
i would stear clear of the green bottles though, you want amber glass to prevent light strike of the beer once it is bottled (so no heineken, st pauli girl, etc...).
Heineken, etc will do, green and clear, you just have to be careful to keep them in the dark......I use the Green Grolsch flip tops all the time......if you can't find a way to do that.....use the brown (amber) bottles............
yeah, i use the grolsch flip tops too.
it is just easier for newer brewers to not use them; eliminates one avenue that an off taste could be introduced to your beer when you are still trying to get the brewing basics down.
I've always heard and read that you shouldnt, but every now and again i wonder how bad could it be?? But then again caps are cheap and its easy enough to put them on with a capper, so the benefit of twist off doesnt outweigh the risk to me.
NO!!! to the original question, they don't seal properly
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