What is the best bottle for storing carbonated cider?

[rtogio]

Does anyone here know what the best bottle for storing a carbonated cider would be?

I'm looking ahead to 2014 and planning some cider making in the spring. I want to make hard, sparkling cider, but I'd prefer not to use swing-top bottles. I'd also like to bottle condition this batch.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

 

[smileyak87]

I use beer bottles

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[WilliamSlayer]

I use both 22oz bombers and Champagne bottles (they take a bottle cap).

 

[Pickled_Pepper]

Any off the shelf beer bottle with a crown cap (not the screw off kind) will hold carbonation just fine. (in this case, regardless of what you've heard...size doesn't matter...haha) I like those Fat Tire bottles, they have a nice sturdy feel to them.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Got these from trader joes ginger beer. I know you said no swing tops but these were $3.99 with product. Not a bad price.

 

[hankscorpio]

Any standard beer bottle should be fine as long as you follow a priming calculator. You can look up the correct calculations online. I have only had one bottle explode so far.
My fiancé found these re-sealable pouches at our local homebrew shop (think adult Capri Sun) that worked great. It looks odd, but they're easy, clean, strong, and no light or air can get in.

 

[RPCidery]

I LUV swing-tops.

 

[Howiedw]

Any beer Bottle. I generally use standard 12 oz with a single 1L swing top for archiving.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I LUV swing-tops.

Me too! I bottle cider & beer (and often wine) in 1 liter swingtops, they make bottling so easy & quick, I won't ever use crown caps for cider/beer again.
Regards, GF.

 

[RPCidery]

Me too! I bottle cider & beer (and often wine) in 1 liter swingtops, they make bottling so easy & quick, I won't ever use crown caps for cider/beer again.
Regards, GF.

I still use crown caps as I haven't accumulated enough swing-tops for my production, and I feel slightly better about stove-top pasteurization with them. Plus I don't mind as much when people don't bring back my crown cap bottles.
My LHBS sells half liter swing tops for only $19+sales tax for a case of 12. I think I need to pick up a few cases.

 

[Berritt]

I've been buying fancy 1 liter swing top beers so I can bottle in them. Win-win! I also buy the ginger beer every time I go to TJ's. They also take crown caps, right?

 

[MrDavis]

I picked up a bunch of 16 oz brown swing tops at my local Aldi store for $1.99 each. They had some kind of gross spiced pumpkin cider in them. But the bottles work great.

 

[EpicCider]

You could consider champagne bottles, corks, and cages -- That's my plan long-term, to age for years.

 

[bleme]

I use about half swing tops and half beer bottles. I have a friend who uses Martinelli's Sparkling Cider bottles exclusively though.

So far I have had 1 Anchor Steam bottle bust while capping and 5 22oz bombers bust a few days after bottling. That's not bad out of about 1000 bottles so far.

 

[WilliamSlayer]

You could consider champagne bottles, corks, and cages -- That's my plan long-term, to age for years.

In my mind they are the best. They can be capped with crown caps, or corked. Biggest drawback is the weight.

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[ericbw]

I picked up a bunch of 16 oz brown swing tops at my local Aldi store for $1.99 each. They had some kind of gross spiced pumpkin cider in them. But the bottles work great.

Shut your mouth, that cider is delicious!!

 

[ericbw]

7 oz champagne bottles are great for high ABV dry cider.