Bottles Cap Identification

[KevinJ]

I am collecting bottles for re-bottling. How do you know if a beer bottle takes a standard or European bottle cap? Is their markings on the bottle? Is there some visual way of knowing?

Thanks
Kevin

 

[conpewter]

Pretty much all 12oz and 22oz bottles take a normal cap. Champagne bottles take the European cap, sometimes.

 

[ross3648]

I use both Standard and European bottles. The caps are the same, but some 750 ml European bottles seem to have a larger cap. You will just have to try them out and see if they fit.

 

[KevinJ]

You can use a standard bottle can on a non-normal (European) bottle? I figured you would get leaks this way. How do you know if it should take a non-standard cap?

Thanks
Kevin

 

[camiller]

26mm cap vs. 29mm cap. The "non-standard" ones are 3mm larger diameter.

 

[KevinJ]

There are no markings on the bottle to indicate it. Does anyone know of some of the common beers using the European caps so I can avoid them?

Thanks
Kevin

 

[homebrewer_99]

It's not the cap you need to be looking at, but the top ring on the bottle. That's where the gripping takes place.

I have over 20 cases of German 0,5l bottles that I've been using for years...no special caps needed. :rockin: