Short of time bottle solution

[bluewire]

I have a brew only a couple of days away from bottling and have an issue......I dont have enough bottles.

My solution (which I am not sure is possible) is to use some 2ltr "pop" bottles.

Will these be ok? I am only looking at getting Asda smart price lemo (18p a bottle).

Will they be up for the task or am I heading for a very big mess???


Thanks

[Operator]

They will be fine. Any carbonated drink bottle should be fine as long as you don't go mental with priming. With PET bottles you can test how carbonated they are by how hard the bottle gets. If it's to hard you might need to gently release some pressure then tighten the cap again.

[brysie]

only keep um in the dark til you drink um, else theyll taste horrible.

[Operator]

only keep um in the dark til you drink um, else theyll taste horrible.

Good point brysie, I knew I forgot something. Having said that mine is not normally around long enough for light to affect it!

[Eadweard]

Drink the beer in platic bottles first too as the plastic isn't totally impervious to oxygen so the beer won't keep as long.

[garwatts]

No problem at all with the 2 litre PET bottles. Use them a lot. Get the Asda still water 12/13p a bottle and iuse the water for your next brew

[bluewire]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Off to asda tomorrow for the 2ltr water tomorrow.

[Dill]

No problem at all with the 2 litre PET bottles. Use them a lot. Get the Asda still water 12/13p a bottle and iuse the water for your next brew

I am not sure but I don't think that the still water bottles will hold as much pressure as the fizzy type pop bottles.

[Dill]

They will be fine. Any carbonated drink bottle should be fine as long as you don't go mental with priming. With PET bottles you can test how carbonated they are by how hard the bottle gets. If it's to hard you might need to gently release some pressure then tighten the cap again.

I wouldn't release the pressure either, those fizzy bottles should withstand your beer pressure comfortably and the beer will soak up the cabon dioxide and to carbonate it.

[garwatts]

No problem at all with the 2 litre PET bottles. Use them a lot. Get the Asda still water 12/13p a bottle and iuse the water for your next brew

I am not sure but I don't think that the still water bottles will hold as much pressure as the fizzy type pop bottles.

I sure, I've used them for 8 brews now and have no problems at all and they are exactly the same as the fizzy type.

[brysie]

Having said that mine is not normally around long enough for light to affect it!

haha, i was reading the blurb on my current brew from muntons and it interestingly says...
`if stored in clear bottles, sunlight or flourescent tubes will badly affect the beer, producing off flavours and smells, sometimes WITHIN HOURS.`

that surprised me.

[Dill]

No problem at all with the 2 litre PET bottles. Use them a lot. Get the Asda still water 12/13p a bottle and iuse the water for your next brew

I am not sure but I don't think that the still water bottles will hold as much pressure as the fizzy type pop bottles.

I sure, I've used them for 8 brews now and have no problems at all and they are exactly the same as the fizzy type.

CSD -- Carbonated Soft Drinks
Strength: The resins in PET bottles used to package carbonated soft drinks need very specific qualities. The material must be extremely strong to contain the internal pressures of CO2 without distortion or expansion. This is obtained by using a resin which has high IV and lower copolymer levels.

Water -- The Clear Story
Some waters are packaged in exactly the same bottles as carbonated soft drinks and would therefore carry many of the same requirements, but some vary.
Strength: Unlike carbonated drinks, the bottle filled with still water needs only enough strength to hold water and to survive impact. IV requirement is reduced to the .74 to .76 range in most cases.

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