Can you use king cobra 40oz bottles for bottling?

[fettersp]

A friend of mine has a ton of 40 oz king cobra bottles. Can I use these for home brew??? They have the plastic soda bottle type caps that are made of metal.

 

[brownni5]

Seriously, no smart-alecky comments 3 days in?

Please do try this - but be sure to share photos. *Oh, please let it be a stout!*

 

[fettersp]

lol I already bottled them yesterday. I got 15 cobra bottles of cider. I thought they would be okay since its cider and doesn't have hops in it. I didn't take the labels off and they kinda look trashy in the corner of my closet .
I feel like worst case scenario is the gases escape from the cap or bottle bomb but I like only a slight carbonation so not too worried about bombs. if they turn out flat ill just say its apple wine since it came out to an estimated 8.5 % abv...…… tasted delicious though!

 

[Ryansod]

That's amazing! Pics or it didn't happen.

I love this idea now

 

[bracconiere]

lol, tasted delicious though!

i know i know, fake quote.....but you'll get a lot of that type of response here....but being i'm a cheapo too, i'm going to google plastic caps, that might last longer then the flimsy metal ones.....


edit: found these quick, think it'd take some search for the right size and something with an air tight seal though...

https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...pGRtM2i7Z0TpJ3LBP1xoCWwwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

edit #2: looks like they come in mm sizes, 28/400-33/400 and such...so i'd actually have to buy a foughty to measure to help more....lol

 

[myelo]

A friend of mine has a ton of 40 oz king cobra bottles. Can I use these for home brew???

They won't work unless they are in a brown paper bag. You will also need a yard full of smack-talking relatives.

 

[bracconiere]

from this pic looks like you could have the last laugh, and talk your friend into buying bush for the brown bottle.....

 

[bracconiere]

They won't work unless they are in a brown paper bag. You will also need a yard full of smack-talking relatives.

damn, i guess that's why i don't have friends...i use 1 liter soda bottles.....lol, and i have class, i fill them out of a keg, and use a plastic bag!

 

[jready]

They won't work unless they are in a brown paper bag. You will also need a yard full of smack-talking relatives.

I have a bunch of the above that work fo tips. You will have to pay for their relocation, I mean travel.

 

[bracconiere]

(hell it's new)

 

[fettersp]

omg would it be rude if I just fill the bottles with cobra and a little vodka for extra umph and say look I made a better cobra??cause I have vodka and im sure buying the cobra would be cheaper than ingridients

 

[fettersp]

cause honestly the carboy room would be better off for a Belgian wheat beer iv been wanting to try

 

[bracconiere]

https://www.ebay.com/i/303306967972...TtWDVPorzbJ4PgylSH0Xz78huMAuLDW0aAiv2EALw_wcB

(and it'd probably more to cobra fan, if you dump them in a bucket and added gluco, "Cobra Lite" is born!)