And I figured out a use for these old caps, with no compromise to anything, and only 2 sec of effort.
The instructions are -
1. Open beer with a bottle opener that does not deform the bottle.
2. Drink the beer and save it in the fridge from deflating as fast by pressing the cap back on (This is an old trick, not the real new trick).
3. When beer is done drinkin, wash the bottle as best as you can (and even boiling water if you prefer).
4. Apply the cap (also washed in boiling water, and in fact use the capping tool and cap it on. Wait, dont get ahead of me - yes the insides are clean and sealed off and if done when bottle is hot it will suck the cap down tight tight tight and seal like a mofo - yes good, but still not quite the magic trick I'm dropping.
5. These bottles can now be washed on the outside in bleech or boiling water or something and you can remove the labels without the risk of that crap getting inside the bottle.
6. On bottling day, pry off the caps, star san the insides etc etc and bottle away, normal procedure except for prying off a cap.
The best part is, it only takes a few extra seconds at each beer while being drunk. I'll bet it takes longer to walk to the recycle bin to toss the bottle (atleast it does in my case, cos those damn things are 10' from the back door. So need to open 2 pesky doors and open the stupid bin and drop it, and then I need to wash hands etc cos I touched the trash.
Boom, now you have nice clean label free bottles for the cost of $0.
