I have some empty screw-top wine bottles lying around. Will those work for beer? Will the original screwtops hold carbonation?
Beer in Screw-Top Wine Bottles
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They are not designed to hold carbonation and probably won't.
You could probably use them as growlers to fill with already carbed beer off a tap and drink within 1-2 days.
But don't try to carb beer in bottles that aren't designed for it/to withstand the pressure (the results may be dangerous). But my guess is carbonation will slowly leak out the screw tops.
You could probably use them as growlers to fill with already carbed beer off a tap and drink within 1-2 days.
But don't try to carb beer in bottles that aren't designed for it/to withstand the pressure (the results may be dangerous). But my guess is carbonation will slowly leak out the screw tops.
The screw tops will hold the carbonation. The bottles probably will not unless they were from sparkling wine. If you hate the bottles and the beer you could try it but put the bottles into a waterproof tub with a good lid and put weight on the lid to contain the glass shards in case the bottles explode (which they probably will).
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Ok, thanks guys. I'll abandon the idea of bottling beer in wine bottles...
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Yeah, the bottles, the beer, and himself. I assume nobody but Dave would be cleaning up that 
salad of glass and sticky beer.
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Truer words have never been spoken.... LOL
Champaign or sparkling whine bottles may be re-useable (may need to cork) or larger (1-liter) beer bottles can be re-used.
Very much enjoying the typos in this thread (I hate whine bottles too).
Sorry.
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Screw tops just aren't natural. Beer deserves a proper crown cap!
But if you prefer them and it's easier for you or just seems the better way, then I'm okay with it as long as you don't serve me a murky beer with yeast in it and tell me that's just haze!
But if you prefer them and it's easier for you or just seems the better way, then I'm okay with it as long as you don't serve me a murky beer with yeast in it and tell me that's just haze!
I have used (in years past) 2 liter plastic coke/sprite bottles without a problem.
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No, they don't
then they are more likely to blow out.
But then again, most beer bottles that you would prime probably don't have punts either.
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Yeah, I have done that in the past too with success, but trying to get away from plastic bottles (and the temptation to open a 2L bottle which has needs to be consumed in one sitting! LOL)
Yes I did it for the purpose of serving many at one time. I have also used twist top 12 oz bottles w/o problems
