mdineenwob
Well-Known Member
His may be a pointless question but I've always wondered. Why do some breweries use twist off caps and some use the pry tops?
Is it the cost? Image? Oxygen seal?
Is it the cost? Image? Oxygen seal?
I have no problem using twist off caps and bottles.
and the caps can be re-sanitized and used again as long as the cap is not bent.
Pry off ones become garbage once pryed off the bottle then you need to run out and
buy more.
Twist off caps originally came out to compete with the flip top cans. I know most of you aren't old enough to believe this but for many years you had to use an opener with a can too. The bottle companies lost market share in the years after the introduction of the flip top and then the current pop top opening cans. It's all about convenience and speed for the chugging crowd which is why you most often see twist offs on mega brewed product.
mdineenwob said:[...]What never made sense is that you'd think the microbrews who have fewer resources would use the twist offs.
That's an anathematic association: who's gonna pay $10+ a sixer for anything in a twist off bottle?
Cheers!
day_trippr said:who's gonna pay $10+ a sixer for anything in a twist off bottle?
EdWort said:Who's gonna pay $10+ for a sixer of anything?
Pretty pricey beer at that price.
As the price of beer continues to rise, making great Homebrew becomes an extremely cost effective hobby.
That's an anathematic association: who's gonna pay $10+ a sixer for anything in a twist off bottle?
Cheers!
Who's gonna pay $10+ for a sixer of anything?
Pretty pricey beer at that price.
As the price of beer continues to rise, making great Homebrew becomes an extremely cost effective hobby.
I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean.
Up until a few years ago, Sierra Nevada's "stubby" bottles were all twist offs. Did that mean the product inside the bottles was somehow sub par?
Think about it for awhile, I'm sure it will come to you eventually.
Think about why they no longer come in twist offs...
Cheers!
Hey, I had a hard time working up to some of the oskar blues $10+ sixers in a can! but I did it and they are great. seeing more micros going to canning.
JefeTheVol said:I thought about it for a while and I don't see why its a "anathematic association" just because he feels that twist-offs feel lighter and cheaper. [...]
While it may be pointless , HIS is wondering what you found out with this post? Can we come to a consensus?His may be a pointless question?
Think about it for awhile, I'm sure it will come to you eventually.
Think about why they no longer come in twist offs...
Cheers!
Nothing to do with technology, it's simply a prejudicial association. Twist off adult beverages are associated with lesser lights.
It's the same reasoning that most fine wines still come in corked bottles and not twist offs - or boxes...
Cheers!
I thought about it. Taken at face value, it's one of the more idiotic statements I've heard. According to you, beer in twist off bottles is somehow lower in quality than beer in pry tops. Your words, not mine.
Also not a correct assumption. To your way of thinking, canned beer is also sub-par, and many wines from around the globe, and especially in Europe come packaged in Tetra-pack boxes. Do your homework.
While it may be pointless , HIS is wondering what you found out with this post? Can we come to a consensus?
day_trippr said:I don't make the decisions for the micros to not use twist off bottles, nor do I dictate that really good wine still use corked bottles.
Heh. Ending a troll with "Cheers!" implicitly declares it isn't a troll. Gotcha!
I "do my homework" every time I buy a pricey bottle of wine. And just because there is "wine" sold in all manner of containers, I've never seen fine wine in a twist top bottle, and certainly not a box (with that fine vinyl aftertaste. Yum!)
I don't make the decisions for the micros to not use twist off bottles, nor do I dictate that really good wine still use corked bottles.
And you're still failing to comprehend the point...
Cheers!
A bottle opener is a bit difficult to carry around for some...
I always have 2 on me!
Who's gonna pay $10+ for a sixer of anything?
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