San Pellegrino bottles?

[luke_d]

I searched and searched, and couldn't find any info on this.

I have the connection to a TON of the 8.45 oz Pellegrino bottles, the green ones. They are twist off, unfortunately, but I was wondering if since they hold carbonation for the water, could they be used for bottle conditioning? It would be cool to have 8 oz bottles for gifts and stuff.

 

[solbes]

The twist off part is fine. I have rotated in a couple of twist offs in my last 4 or 5 batches. Carbonation was consistent across all batches.

Don't know if the bottles are designed to hold the same pressure as beer bottles, but you could always try a few in your next batch and see what happens. I would suspect they will work fine. Just to be safe, put those 3 or 4 in a strong box of sorts to avoid getting cut should they burst.

Green will not block enough UV light, so keep the bottles in the dark to avoid hop skunk.