Do normal corks and normal corkers work with them? Is there a greater risk of breaking the neck of the bottle during corking?

This is a little off-topic to the process, but more about supplies for the process. I thought I could pick up some cheap, used, Grolsch bottles online, until I started looking at the prices. On Etsy and eBay, these used, empty bottles are going for almost the same price for a single bottle ($15.50 for a pair; $21 for three), as a new 4-pack ($7.20-9.50), with beer in them. When you add on the shipping, and the wait, it'd actually …

When I am bottling my beers I tend to do so into 22oz bottles and usually have enough remainder to make one 12oz. I was wondering if it would be safe to bottle the remainder into 8oz or smaller bottles to open one at a time up to taste how the beer has aged/bottled? Could this potentially be a bottle bomb? Where can I get small bottles that I can cap and what is the smallest I can find?

I've been brewing for a couple years now, and lately my bottle collection has been more and more difficult to keep clean. I've always been thorough about rinsing the bottles with hot water immediately after pouring, and then turning them upside down to dry in my dish rack. Lately, 3/4 or more of my bottles have been left with a hazy residue in the bottom even after that rinse. Dirty: Clean: I've tried soaking them in OxyClean, StarSan, vinegar, and …

Almost a year ago I made a saison batch that got contaminated, I stored it out of sight(without emptying them) and forgot about it. Suppose I empty the bottle now, wash them good and sanitize them with starsan. Can I use them again or should I throw them away?

Some labels can be a pain to remove. I've tried soaking bottles in water with a little bit of dish soap but it doesn't really do much to break down the adhesive. What methods do you have for easily removing labels?

At last spring I brewed a batch of belgian ale that turned to be highly over carbonated. It comes out of bottle quite merrily, but so far none of the bottles have exploded or even leaked by themself. Now to the tricky part, I have to move out of the place where the bottles are stored and I think it would bee too nasty joke to leave bottles behind. So the question is how to safely transport over carbonated glass …

I have my first brew now in the primary and fermenting away for approaching 48 hours now. I plan to leave it there for 3 weeks rather than risk amateur mistakes for the small benefits secondary offers (if any). But I'm starting to second guess bottling methods that I will use. The brewing kit I bought (the bucket etc. not ingredients) came with 40 PET bottles and lids. I've been reading that while perfectly suitable, they do not lend themselves …

How do you mark, label, or otherwise identify the contents of your bottles? I'm currently using masking tape and a marker, but I'm curious what most other people use.

I'm thinking of cola, lemonade, etc bottles, usually 2 litres, commonly available in the UK. Are these going to be an acceptable substitute for glass bottles? Would save a few pennies on the cost of beer bottles, caps and capper.

I've been struggling to find a supplier in the UK who sells amber 330ml bottles suitable for European crown caps. I'm looking for glass or plastic bottles preferably of the tall style as opposed to the dumpy Belgian style.

I have a no of kegs both 50L and 30L kegs from my own private bar ,I'm just wondering if I can carbonate my own cider in the keg similar to carbonating to the bottles of cider cheers and thanks in advance

A few months back, BYO had an article about hard sodas including hard ginger beer. It talked about the necessity of using strengthened bottles with caged tops (ie. like champagne bottles) due to level of fermentation that happens in the bottle. Would EZ-Cap/Grolsch-style caps be sufficient? The bottles these come with also appear to be thicker than my re-used crown cap bottles. I fancy making some hard ginger beer and perhaps even try hard dandelion & burdock, but probably not …

Anyone ever made Damson cordial ? I am very new to making cordials and as I have a high yield of damsons usually, I am just trying to see if cordial is an option rather than just wine and liqueur, but I am not getting it right clearly. I have so far made two batches, but I am trying to stop it fermenting. First batch, I just made and bottled into plastic bottles. Bubbles appeared in the bottles pretty much …

I use to prime my PET bottles with dextrose and carbonation is usually good. My last batch did not carbonate well (for reasons that I am investigating...), I will fix this, but my question is about other ways to carbonate my PET bottles. I'm thinking about kegging in the future, but I don't want to buy everything right now. So could I buy the following : 5lbs CO2 tank a regulator PET bottle carbonation cap like this one Then, I …

I have a rather concrete issue for those of you well versed in the chemical sciences: The situation I know for a fact that most of the bottles I am using have been contaminated on the inside with vegetable oil during label removal. In retrospect, my situation could have been easily prevented, but in the mean time I do have hundreds of sub-optimal bottles that I badly want to use. I want to dissolve and remove the fat to make …

A friend has offered to design labels for a few of my favourite beers. I just got the first one, and I love it. The only problem is some of the design elements don't show up very well when printed on a home laser or inkjet printer. But I love it so much, I'm thinking about getting several hundred printed by a professional offset printing company that can reproduce the fine details she put into the design. Does anyone have …

just a quick question regarding the use of bottle rinsers to clean out 500ml PET bottles. I'm looking at this bottle rinser here: http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Bottle-Rinser-AVVINATORE.html#a0212183 I'm planning on getting these PET bottles: http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Coopers_Pet_Bottles_Ox-Bar_24_x_500ml.html#a786381 The other bottle rinser they sell, which looks very similar, says PET bottles are too large, I was hoping one of you have had experience with bottle rinsers and PET bottles, so could potentially guide me in the right direction towards one that will work properly. Also if …

Hello. I have been brewing for a few months and your advice has been extremely valuable. Thanks. I have a question about glass bottles such as this one in the photo. I bleach them between use and have noted that some have developed this bubble pattern, which is permanent. Is it due to a coating on the glass? Is it hazardous to use these? Thanks for your help Regards Rob

I've heard it said that twist-off bottles should be avoided when reusing bottles for homebrewing. I've also heard a few people saying they've used plenty of them with no ill effects. 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?