Capping 22 ounce beer bottles

[Tantalar]

So I have been capping 22 ounce beer bottles filled with carbonated applewine and I was curious as to if this would be a viable method of storing and aging and if anyone knew if there was an advantage or disadvantage to this versus other methods? I know having a cork lets it breathe but I dont care for that at least not right now.

 

[jppostKW]

are they normal bombers? If so there aren't any problems capping them. for future reference the oxy absorbing caps will theoretically have longer shelf life.

 

[Tantalar]

Yeah they are normal bombers. I have been using cheap caps and I think the longest I stored anything for was a few months. I guess time will tell. I don't think any air is going to get in. They usually hiss a tad bit upon opening but not a carbonated hiss heh

 

[Germelli1]

****, i just use corona bottles for apfelwein. Puts them to use when I recycle them, and no hops==no need for brown bottles

 

[Randar]

Type of glass doesn't really matter as others have noted. Use the Oxy Caps if it's going to be a long time in the bottle. I bulk-aged mine in secondaries for 6 months before bottling and this saved me the hassle of trying to bottle-age it.

Biggest concern is if your bottles will hold up if you try to do a very high carbonation level (compared to beer). Carbonated Apfelwein is like a slightly apple-y dry champagne, IMO. Vastly preferred to still among my group of drinkers. I bottled at 3.0 atmospheres in 22 oz bombers and didn't have a single bomb.

 

[Revvy]

I've had no issues capping bombers with standard crown caps and my red baron capper.