Recommendations for reliable bottle caps?

[otherchuck]

Greetings!

When I started brewing beer a couple decades ago, I just filled a giant bag of bottle-caps I got at my local homebrew store (if 100 miles away from my house counts as 'local'). Finally running thru those, and am about to return to homebrewing (mead this time, as I have beehives). Seems like a trivial question, but are there any bottle-cap brands people tend to prefer? Or are they all about the same. I don't think I have many 'champagne'-style bottles, so I think I just need the 26mm variety.

Thanks!

Otherchuck

 

[RPh_Guy]

Make sure they're oxygen-absorbing.

 

[MaxStout]

And if you plan to age the bottles a long time (several months or more), consider sealing with wax to limit O2 ingress.

 

[homebrewfinds]

I think they're all about the same, other than these pull tab crowns are pretty unique. I don't get the sense of this from your post, but if you're having a hard time getting a good seal, some of the cappers sell replacement capping bells that can resolve those problems without having to be a new capper.