Champagne Bottles

[Turricaine]

I'm thinking of using some of these that are in peoples recycle bins where I live so that I can crack on with the new batch. Since I am all grain brewer it takes nature longer to condition my beer than if I buy tins of premium grade malt extract. Two bottles of Grolsch flip-top sell for £3 for two where I live. I was considering using regular wine bottles but have been advised that that this would not be an acceptable risk taking.

 

[Shmohel]

Not sure what some of the more experienced guys will say. However, I have used 750ml bottles before and did not have any undesirable effects. My only though would be perhaps it would take longer to condition? I dunno, seems like it would should not matter.

 

[Janx]

Champagne bottles are great for bottling beer. Regular wine bottles are not designed for pressure and I wouldn't use them. Plus, you can't put a cap on them. You can with some types of champagne bottles. It should take no longer to condition than normal bottles.

What do you mean that "Since I am an all grain brewer it takes longer for nature to condition my beer..."? All-grain or extract doesn't matter when conditioning time comes. You add some corn sugar and voila.

Cheers

 

[Shmohel]

I used Sam Adams Choc Bock bottles (mostly cause I love the pewter logo). Capped just fine.

 

[Turricaine]

What I mean is that when I was brewing from kits I got a CRYSTAL CLEAR result everytime. This is exactly what I am shooting for. The problem is that the smell was not all aromatic and hoppy but smelt a bit akin to evaporated milk. The taste was fine though so you could say that going to all grain was not in my best interest. Now that I have gone to AG - my last batch was not an acceptable level of transparency. This is something that I am working on and I do have thoughts on how I can clarrify the situation.