Can you cap twist off bottles

Not necessarily correct The latest Coopers ones I used did not seal some of my green stubbies properly and ended up with some flat beer as they leaked My point is the screw cap works better and consistently with a single lip liner due to the shape of the rim.

Thanks for the heads up on the new coopers caps. I have not used these. Are they lipped or flat? Sorry I get the flat or lipped I would guess the smaller coopers ones I spoke about are for Twist tops I never looked at the inner seals in detail either but I do have about Baltika crown seals and they have a little arrow on them around the outside edge of the top, suggesting they were intended for twist tops.

I used them on numerous Sierra Nevada stubbies which are pry off without any problems. I'm keeping them for whenever I start bottling surplus from kegging again. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Already have an account? Sign in here. Online Store Recipes Brewing Support. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Posted November 29, Am I missing something, the capper is just a single pull down action.

Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Otto Von Blotto Posted November 30, Posted November 30, Ended up going the same route as Otto's dad and made a bell that fitted my drill press. Pickles Jones Posted November 30, I didn't go any further with the screw caps and use the pry off bottles.

Having said that, lots of people have success with recapping screw cap bottles. Chris75 Posted November 30, I use the the coopers stubbies with no problem. I have the super automatica capper. Shamus O'Sean Posted November 30, Cheers Shamus. BlueBru Posted November 30, Posted November 30, edited. I have no problems with twist off bottles. Crown seals are better bottles and thicker glass. I tend to slowly push the capper to align the cap, then a hard finish.

Works for me Edited November 30, by ekymetal Posted December 1, Otto Von Blotto Posted December 1, Media New media New comments Search media. Articles Authors. What's new New posts New media New media comments Latest activity.

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JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Can I use twist off bottles? Thread starter Carlito Start date Apr 17, Help Support Homebrew Talk:. Carlito Member. Joined Jan 28, Messages 15 Reaction score 0. Dumb Newbie here. Can I use twist off bottles for beer? There seems to be more than one opinion on this. Thanks in advance. SlitheryDee General Manager.

You can use twist top plastic soda bottles if you want to. From what I can tell, the cappers homebrewers typically use won't cap a twist top glass beer bottle though. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?

Learn more. Reusing twist-off bottles Ask Question. Asked 11 years ago. Active 4 years, 9 months ago. Viewed 22k times. Given that at least around here twist-offs are much easier to come by in quantity, I ask: Should twist-offs be avoided?

What are their disadvantages? If one was going to use them, what steps should be taken to minimize their problems? Improve this question. Fishtoaster Fishtoaster 2, 6 6 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. It works!!! Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. J Wynia J Wynia 1, 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. This has been my experience as well. I get a very high failure rate when using twist-off bottles. It's not worth the risk, in my opinion.

I just invested in 2 packs of bottles for my first home brew. Very dissapointed if when it comes to re-use I get seal failures. I was advised in my local home brew shop that PET bottles are preferable to glass in all ways except romanticism.