Can I use twist off bottles?

[Carlito2017]

Dumb Newbie here. Can I use twist off bottles for beer? There seems to be more than one opinion on this.
Thanks in advance

 

[SlitheryDee]

You can use twist top plastic soda bottles if you want to. From what I can tell, the cappers homebrewers typically use won't cap a twist top glass beer bottle though. I assume there must be some way to cap them because the big brewing companies make it work, but you probably need a special kind of capper for that, and then it probably doesn't work with pry top bottles. I figured it was probably best to just stick with pry top bottles to avoid possible confusion and mistakes later on.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I've never tried, but I thought the general consensus was "no."

It's fairly easy to find beer bottles if you start asking around at work or among your buddies. Or even a newly kegging homebrewer

 

[Chrispy92]

I have read some people say it's not ideal and you may not get the best seal/ risk no carbonation. That said I've had a few twisties in my bottle rotation for a good few batches now and I always make sure to crimp them hard with the capper. Never had any issue with them. The one thing to be careful about is i find a lot of the twist top bottles are much thinner glass...

 

[brandonnys]

If they create a seal, they will work.

As these guys have said, it really comes down to your capper and its ability to create the seal. A wing capper may not get the job done. Maybe use a bench capper with a good amount of leverage.

 

[bajaedition]

If you do it be extremely careful. A lot if twisties are thin glass and can shatter easily. That is why it is not recommended as the companies do not want to have the liability of you getting a nasty cut if one shatters in your hand

 

[Lefou]

I bottle and am in the process of switching over to a new ball lock Corney.
My twisties go in recycle, but I have about 5 dozen 22oz'ers and a case of smaller 12oz'ers that I'm keeping.

 

[brandonlovesbeer]

For my first 2 years of homebrewing (10 years ago) I reused my old Bud Light bottle for home brewing. I had saved all the caps.

Now. DO NOT try to create your own screw caps because this will break your bottles.