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What type of bottles ....
Will work with my capper (the red two halded one ) I have alot of rolling rock , and my buddy is saving his longneck bud bottles . i heard that any lonneck bottles will work ?
I wouldn't risk using a bottle with twist off caps. Chances are, you wont get as good a seal. As for green bottles, they will work, however I steer clear. Green bottles tend to allow beer to skunk. Interesting article I read: http://www.evansale.com/skunked_beer.html
Some people have luck with twist offs for recapping. I avoid them completely.
Try your capper with the bottles you have an see if it works. You won't really be able to test the seal though.
Its best to start drink better bottled beer to get bottles.
See my other reply too in the homebrew forum.
I've used Sam Adams, Guiness, Smithwicks, Leinie's and a few others...no problems at all. The little Guiness bottles had a small dimple in each cap, but they seemed to keep well enough and not compromise the beer itself....
I've found that pretty much any bottle that is not a twist off or a corked bottle will work just fine with that kind of capper. I tend to keep only the brown bottles since clear and green bottles will let the beer get skunked if exposed to too much light.
I work in a bar and take home a lot of bottles. The ones I stay away from are the twist offs, and the ones I use are all the others except coronas. The thing you want to look for is the size of the lip of the bottle. The longer or fatter the lip, the better the grip on your capper. The smaller, the capper might slip off and you could spill your beer if you are not careful, or you wont get a good seal. The bottles I used that were giving me the most trouble were the Heineken, Amstel light, And XX amber and Lager. If you compare those bottles' lips to those of Sam Adams, New Belgium(Fat Tire), DogFish Head and St. Pauli Girl and even Red stripe, You will see the difference. The lip in the "good" bottles extends further down the neck of the bottle. That said, I still use the Heineken and Amstel and XX bottles, it just takes a little more concentration on applying even pressure at a slower pace so the capper wont slip off. As for the color of the bottles, if you keep them in the dark, you wont have to worry about light getting in. I usually also take home the empty beer cases and age my bottles in there. The picture is of two bottles, the one on the right(Widmer) is "better" because of the bigger lip which has better grip. The one on the left was a XX Amber bottle which I still used. 
Also, a good idea is to go to your local liquor store and buy the single, bigger bottles of your favorite specialty beers and use those bottles. I do this when I'm looking to try a new style or just trying to figure out what type to brew next or when I'm thirsty. The bottles not only hold a good brew, but the glass in those bottles is usually better quality, or at least thicker.
I also use the grolsh type swing bottles for bottling. Some were obtained from the commercial brews, others i bought from the homebrew shop. Midwest runs a special with the brew kits. For each purchased you can have a 1 ltr bottle shipped (32 oz. EZ Cap Bottle*Limit 1 bottle for each recipe kit purchased) $1.00 each!!!!
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products … SubCat=150
The other bottles i use are either Samuel Adams, store bought or other neat quality bottles I buy to drink the great brew inside. The thing with bottles, makes sure they are strong bottles. The neck is the most important since this is where the most stress will occur during bottleing and carbonation. It would be a pitty to use a thin neck like a rolling rock and have an easy bomb. That is my take on the situation, but use what you want.
I used to use and non twist off bottle that was brown. To get the labels off, I would just soak them in PBW for half an hour and the labels usually just fell off.
I was able to get some neat sets of bottles this way.
Now I use Grolsh bottles and they rawk......just for the record.
I just started using the grolsch bottles, but since I don't carry grolsch at my bar, they are harder to come by for free. I usually order one or two at the local pub and take the bottles home.
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I just started using the grolsch bottles, but since I don't carry grolsch at my bar, they are harder to come by for free. I usually order one or two at the local pub and take the bottles home.
Go to places like Applebees and TGIF... some of them carry grolsch and serve a lot of it. Most of them will be happy to give you the bottles for free. Just make sure to check in periodically with them because they get mad (understandably) if the stuff piles up and you never show up.
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