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Bottling wine in beer bottles

Discussion in 'Winemaking Forum' started by happycamperagain, Aug 10, 2012.

 

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    happycamperagain

    New Member

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    I will be bottling a Zinfandel in a few weeks. The last batch of wine I bottled I did so in wine bottles. But I have a bunch of beer bottles I have accumulated for my home brews. Are their any problems with bottling wine in beer bottles? How about using bottle caps instead of corks?
     
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    BrewerBear

    Well-Known Member  

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    No problems using beer bottles and caps, long term aging you would want to use oxygen barrier caps or wine bottles. I have wine in beer bottles.
     
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    WoolyBooger

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    I have a few bombers of blackberry wine because I didn't have enough wine bottles. It's been about 3 months, no problems thus far. I guess I ought to "check one" this weekend. Thanks for reminding me!
     
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    amandabab

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    I've had wine in beer bottles for over a year with standard crown caps.
     
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    brazedowl

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    I get my bottles from the recycling of a carabas restarunt. I love the 1L and 0.5L bottles for fancy european water. They're super easy clean and take crown caps.
     
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    KISS Brew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 10, 2012
    Wine in beer bottles is fine. Beer in wine bottles is not.
     
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    joshwine

    New Member

    Posted Aug 11, 2012
    I also think that it is ok if you want to bring wine in bear bottle.

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    SilverZero

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 11, 2012
    Don't some folks use Champagne bottles for beer?
     
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    BrewerBear

    Well-Known Member  

    Posted Aug 11, 2012
    Champagne bottles are made to hold pressure, wine bottles are not.
     
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    KISS Brew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 11, 2012
    Yes, but not wine bottles. Champagne bottles are built to withstand pressure at or above the level that beer bottles are. Wine bottles are not built to withstand much, if any, pressure.
     
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    SilverZero

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 12, 2012
    Ah, yes. Of course.
     
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    Honda88

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 12, 2012
    some wine bottles are built with really heavy glass, you could probably use on of those for beer but not the standard thin glass.
     
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