Screw top

[Mr Majik]

Evening all

After a little weekend gathering i have a box load of those little beer bottles with the twist off caps. Has anynone capped them with a normal capper? Would it work? Im not fussed if the new caps would twist off or not, is just reliably putting them on im intersted in.

Merci

 

[phettebs]

I have never tried to use them myself because I always read that they don't hold a good seal with standard caps. That alone scared me off. That and over here in the US, most good beer only comes in non-twist offs ;-)

 

[oz11]

Try an empty one. I had no luck when someone gave me an empty bottle and it turned out to be a screw top, but I only found out when I looked closely as the capper wasn't working doh!

 

[rpt]

I have no experience of these bottles but what sort of capper do you have? A bench capper is the most likely to be successful.

 

[Mr Majik]

I dont have a capper at all yet, but now when i order it i know which one to go for :thumb:

 

[rpt]

Bench cappers are much more expensive but apparently there are some bottles (Wychwood such as Hobgoblin) that the other types can't handle. I think the bench capper is much better at bending the cap around the top.

I don't think there are many beers in the UK that come with screw tops - at least not in the quality ale section.

 

[Mr Majik]

Worth investing then!

Im notmin the UK, here in france nearly all little 25cl bottles are screw top. A rite pain the "fesse"

 

[Andyhull]

Bench cappers are much more expensive but apparently there are some bottles (Wychwood such as Hobgoblin) that the other types can't handle.

I have just used some Wychwood bottles an can confirm the Emily style capper does struggle with these but will do it.
Only problem is it leaves a circular dent in the top of the cap!!!
But they do seal

 

[phettebs]

+1 on the bench capper. I had the Emily style and somehow sheared off the neck of a bottle I was trying to cap. Threw the capper away and promptly ordered a bench style. Well worth the extra brass.

 

[WelshPaul]

Yeah, crown caps will just not fit onto a screw-cap bottle. I learned this after inheriting a load of American beer bottles!

 

[Mr Majik]

Ok, giving up on the screw top bottles. Still investing in a bench capper though.

I found a beer here that has a 25s with a "normal" captop so thats what im drinking at the moment

Thanks for the input :thumb:

 

[Mr Majik]

Bench capper ordered !! Cant wait :)

 

[phettebs]

Well done. You will love it.

 

[operon]

Bench capper is the right way to go, easy to use and will cap anything.

 

[benj]

Drink pelforth which is delicious and has big brown flip top bottles

 

[Mr Majik]

Drink pelforth which is delicious and has big brown flip top bottles

Right ahead of you benj, our weekly shop includes a few pelforth 650's with the flip top and a pack of their 250's as their normally 2 for 1 in carrefour. Got quite a collection