Bottling in Screw cap quart beer bottles

[beerenstein]

Hi, so I mentioned doing this on another thread and someone asked for an update. I bottled these Friday afternoon, and put them in an ice box with no ice to carbonate. the 2 liter bottles are nice and firm, and when I open the lid to the cooler , I don't smell beer. No leaks either. Seems like it's working. I used thread tape on half of the glass bottles and nothing on the other half.

 

[unionrdr]

Keep an eye on the glass ones to make sure they stay sealed. Looks fine so far.

 

[bford]

Cool, keep us updated!

 

[bford]

Cool, keep us updated!

 

[beerenstein]

Keep an eye on the glass ones to make sure they stay sealed. Looks fine so far.

I have been, and will. About 72 hours in now. Still no beer smell in the cooler. I'll give updates on this thread.

 

[beerenstein]

Well, I bottled them last Thursday and today is Monday. Still no beer smell from the cooler, and the 2 liter mountain dew bottles are rock hard. At this point , I'm thinking these screw cap bottles will hold very nicely. I want to pop a top so badly! But know that I shouldn't, lol...

 

[metanoia]

Patience, young grasshoppa!!

Keep us updated in the following weeks, it'd be interesting to see if there's any difference between the taped and un-taped glass bottles.

 

[unionrdr]

That's what I'm curious about as well.

 

[JustLooking]

Me, I'm just waiting to see if the glass bottles blow up.

 

[beerenstein]

Me, I'm just waiting to see if the glass bottles blow up.

Ha, they shouldn't. They held a "Mississippi mud" brand black and tan beer before. They should hold, though.

 

[beerenstein]

I couldn't stand it any more. I just opened up a glass screw top glass bottles, and poured myself a little glass. The beer was light , dry, and tasty. Lightly carbonated. Very tasty and refreshing. I'm glad I decided to make this as my first batch. The alcohol kind of punched me in the face by the first half glass , and left me with a nice, warm, fuzzy feeling after the fact. Very nice.

 

[unionrdr]

Giving the glass bottles more time will improve them even more. Patience...

 

[beerenstein]

Giving the glass bottles more time will improve them even more. Patience...

I know. They will condition for a minimum of another week and a half. I just couldn't wait any longer to taste it lol.