MathiasMicrobrew

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We are actually having a family vacation in Kill Devil Hills sometime mid July! So might see ya around! Haha that's a decent amount of time to age something of that caliber lol

SoupNazi

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Though easy, its advised to NOT carb your beer in swing top bottles. They are not meant for the pressures of carbonating beer, only carbonated beer.

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MathiasMicrobrew

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I have done 10 or so batches with 1liter swing tops and bottle carbed and they always tuned out great! I got first place with an oatmeal stout in a swing top lol

peterj

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I've never heard that before. How would it be any different than bottles with caps? And swing top bottles usually have thicker glass so I would think they could handle higher pressure than regular bottles.

Bamsdealer

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Agree, that may be the case with some swing top growlers. But Grolsh bottles for example have thick glass and have been prized by homebrewers for years.

LowNotes

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The bottles I have were from Trader Joes, this is it exactly:

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/cheap-swing-top-bottles-380522/

I too hadn't heard that swing-tops aren't good for bottle conditioning...It will only be about half the beer in swing-tops, the rest will be regular bottles. I guess I can put them in a tupperware bin when bottle conditioning just-in-case, but I really was hoping to use these.

Has anyone used these specific bottles from Trader Joes successfully?

SoupNazi

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Swmbo works at trader joes. they have an italian red ale in a swing top for $3. I use a lot of these for bottling carbed beer and kombucha.
I would be very very cautious about using the tjs swing tops for carbonating, for they have been thinning the glass wine bottles just to keep the charles shaw wine at $3- no joke! Got to cut costs somewhere!

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roguemc

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OMG thats awesome hope it ferments under 20

Herky21

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If it is too sweet try oak aging. The wood should add some tannins and a drying mouthfeel. Usually work best in sweet beers anyways.

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Bottles on hand:

(1) Breakfast in Bed
(2) American-British Collision Amber Ale
(3) Belma's Lovely IPA
(4) Belma's Lovely Cream Ale
Primary:
(1) Donkey Kong Belgian Brown aged on Sugar Whiskey Staves
(2) Empty
Secondary:
(1) Empty

Chingis74

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I made a barleywine with S-05. I made my own clone of Bigfoot by Sierra Nevada. It was supposed to ferment down to around 10%ish. It went further and took it to 11.4%. I wouldnt worry about the yeast not being able to handle it. Just a matter of how much good yeast is in there. I pitched 5 packs of the stuff and it did well.