THRobinson
Well-Known Member
Well, decided I want to use glass bottles and having 0 luck finding any.
Tried Kijiji and Craig's list for my region with no luck, even have a 'wanted' ad posted. Called the local suppliers and only 1 place sells glass bottles, but with the twist-off tops.
Some online places in Canada but, costs a fair bit to ship 60 bottles, plus have a batch I need to bottle sooner than later.
So... from what I've read the hand-cappers don't work well with twist-off bottles as far as making a good seal is concerned. Plus some mentions of shattering the bottles because the glass is thinner.
Will the larger bench cappers work well with twist-offs? In the long (and possibly short) run, buying a bigger capper instead of a hand capper may be cheaper if means I can use regular beer bottles.
Can anyone give me any insight from first hand experience? maybe a name/model of some cappers that will work?
Right now I have no bottles or capper so, still time to switch my thinking towards using twist-offs if they work. If I get a bench capper, I'd need one that doesn't need mounted (live in an apartment so no where to bolt it to).
Thanks.
Also, I know plastic is an option, but I want glass.
Tried Kijiji and Craig's list for my region with no luck, even have a 'wanted' ad posted. Called the local suppliers and only 1 place sells glass bottles, but with the twist-off tops.
Some online places in Canada but, costs a fair bit to ship 60 bottles, plus have a batch I need to bottle sooner than later.
So... from what I've read the hand-cappers don't work well with twist-off bottles as far as making a good seal is concerned. Plus some mentions of shattering the bottles because the glass is thinner.
Will the larger bench cappers work well with twist-offs? In the long (and possibly short) run, buying a bigger capper instead of a hand capper may be cheaper if means I can use regular beer bottles.
Can anyone give me any insight from first hand experience? maybe a name/model of some cappers that will work?
Right now I have no bottles or capper so, still time to switch my thinking towards using twist-offs if they work. If I get a bench capper, I'd need one that doesn't need mounted (live in an apartment so no where to bolt it to).
Thanks.
Also, I know plastic is an option, but I want glass.