Bottle in 1.75L handles?

[chaseacej]

Is it possible to bottle in 1.75L handles of say Captain Morgan? I am ready to bottle my first batch and realized that over half of my bottles are twist top. I tried to cap a few but they just dont seem like they seal well. The handle has the screw top plastic cap.

Thanks.

PS first post to the forum been getting lots of helpful tips along the way of my first batch!

 

[goose1873]

I would go buy a case or 2 of sam adams or any other non twist off....

 

[chaseacej]

I just went out and got a few 12's of Fat Tire. Of all the bottles I have cleaned so far the New Belgium bottles seemed to have the labels come off the easiest.

 

[RiverCityBrewer]

I would be wary of putting beer in a bottle that was never designed with the intent of holding pressure. I'm not saying that it wouldn't work as a handle of most liquors are nice and heavy, but if you do try it I would put it in an out of the way place that is contained and has nothing damageable around it. That way, if it blows you are only out a bottle, 1.75L of beer, and your time for cleaning up the mess. Actually, now that I am looking at a bottle, the cap would likely leak first and vent pressure, so you might have problems actually getting the beer to carbonate. Try one out and let us know how it goes.

 

[glenn514]

In another thread..."Bottle-Carbing in #1 PETE"...I bottle-carbed a batch of EdWort's apfelwein in the original juice bottles. NONE of the caps blew; NONE of the bottles blew. The ONLY thing out of the ordinary that happened was the molded "hand-holds" for the juice bottles popped out under carbonation pressure.

In that thread, an engineer responded that the best vessel to hold pressure is a cylinder. My second batch of apfelwein is currently bottle-carbonating in both 2-liter soda bottles [quite cylindrical] and 2-quart V-8 bottles [similar to the juice bottles with the molded "hand-hold."]

I have thought about using empty 1.75 liter liquor bottles, but haven't done it yet. Perhaps on my next batch, I'll use one and see what happen. I would expect it to work just fine.

glenn514

 

[danculwell]

I may be paranoid but if the bottle wasn't made for homebrew, or didn't come with something carbonated in it then I'm not going to carb in it.

 

[944play]

I don't think that's paranoia at all, I think it's stupid to risk wasting beer (not to mention the mess and injury potential) on bottle bombs when 2L PET bottles are dirt cheap and designed to hold pressure.

Anyway, you can't squeeze a glass bottle to feel for carbonation.

 

[robtotten]

Go buy some cheap soda in 2 liter plastic bottles (which are designed to hold pressure) and use those. Keep them somewhere completely dark. It's not ideal, but it sounds like you're in a pinch.

 

[RiverCityBrewer]

Go buy some cheap soda in 2 liter plastic bottles (which are designed to hold pressure) and use those. Keep them somewhere completely dark. It's not ideal, but it sounds like you're in a pinch.

Ha, Faygo to the rescue.

 

[glenn514]

The 2 liter soda bottles are ideal for bottle-carbonation because they are cylindrical and designed to hold the pressure of carbonation. Many of the other #1 PETE bottles, while not designed specifically for carbonation pressure, are strong enough to contain the pressure without exploding.

glenn514

 

[Revvy]

Save your booze bottles for putting uncarbed apfelwein or meads in. Don't risk your beers.

 

[Special Hops]

+3 on the 2 liter soda bottles. Work well in a pinch and you won't have to worry about bottle or "handle" bombs.

Just kegged a batch last weekend. Had a bit extra, grabbed a 2 liter and filled it and added some carbonation drops. Put it in a paper grocery bag to keep the light off of it.