Coke bottles

[new2brew1221]

Has anyone tried using the small 6 oz coke bottles to bottle in? A co-worker has one of the old coke machines that dispenses the small bottles, and I was thinking that would be perfect for home brew in game room

 

[KISS Brew]

While I don't mind bottling, that's a lot of bottles to fill. They should be able to hold the carbonation fine, though.

 

[lowtones84]

I haven't seen 6 oz. but I have a few 8 oz. coke bottles that I use. I like the fact that it's clear and the smaller size is great for sample sizes. A lot of times I will try one of the smaller bottles at 2 or 3 weeks to see how the beer is coming along so I'm only "wasting" 8 oz. instead of 12. And yes, they work just fine. Not sure on the volumes they hold but I've had no issues thus far.

 

[dfaridoni]

They'll work fine. Coke's bottled at about 3.5 volumes so there is now problem with that. They are thicker than beer bottles as well, to hold higher co2 pressure.

 

[dfaridoni]

Those are glass and not plastic right? Not that it matters really, both can hold high co2 vols.

 

[duboman]

They will work fine but they are clear so if you don't keep them in a dark environment skunking can occur pretty quickly.

 

[amandabab]

no 6oz ones, but I've used the 8oz ones for the last bit in the bottling bucket.