San Miguel bottles - yes or no?

[Vinotinto]

Hi.

I have read on here somewhere that 660ml San Miguel bottles are a no no as they are difficult or cannot be recapped properly. For the life of me I cannot find where I read this. Is this the case? Thank you

 

[Personal91]

Hi.

I have read on here somewhere that 660ml San Miguel bottles are a no no as they are difficult or cannot be recapped properly. For the life of me I cannot find where I read this. Is this the case? Thank you

i know the small 1's arent a problem as i have re-used a good number of them and i hope the big bottles are not a problem as i have a few emptys of them hehe:whistle:

 

[Spapro]

Hi.

I have read on here somewhere that 660ml San Miguel bottles are a no no as they are difficult or cannot be recapped properly. For the life of me I cannot find where I read this. Is this the case? Thank you

If it came with a normal cap (not screw on) why not pop a cap on one to check ? If your capper handles it then its fine.

I think I used them in the past without any issue, I stopped using any 660ml bottles as prefer 500ml as you can pour it all in one go to get a pint with no sediment stirred up.

If you use 660ml bottles and pour a pint you end up with a bit left in the bottle (150ml) which stirs up the sediment. Unless you pour all 660ml out into a jug, then serve from the jug - or have a 660ml glass, not sure I've seen one of them.

The sediment issue is different question to your original capping query - which I think will be fine.

Edit: just done a quick search and found you can indeed get 660ml glasses, not seen them before.

 

[Cwrw666]

They have a fat neck which might interfere with your capper. I have a few similar fat neck bottles and they're a bit of a pain to cap as the lip the capper engages with is so much shallower than on normal bottles.

 

[Rockuronium]

True!!! You need a 29mm Bell on your capper and 29mm crowns, I've had to re-barrell 12 660ml bottles, ferment out and re-prime/bottle into 500ml's. It's down to the lip and shoulder of the bottles, a 500ml Hobgoblin bottle won't work either with a standard 26MM capper.

 

[Rockuronium]

It was me Vino.:-)

 

[MyQul]

Edit: just done a quick search and found you can indeed get 660ml glasses, not seen them before.

I've got a 660ml tankard that I got (well Mrs MQ bought me) from the Lamb and Flag in convent garden. I've got a lot of 330ml bottles so it's great for two of those at a time when I'm in the mood for a bit of a session

 

[H0PM0NSTER]

Sounds like the perfect excuse to treat yourself to a bench capper. They're so much easier to use and will cap all types of bottle: no problem capping San Miguel or pesky Hobgoblin bottles.

 

[Blinky]

Ikea also sell 660ml beer glasses - Meant for wheat beer but obviously can take any kind of Ale!
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70209336/

 

[nelviss]

hear this alot that you carnt reuse hobgoblin, well i can the trick is to not put your capper strait onto the cap, but hover it above while you close it then press tight if that makes seance? ever one seals nice, about 1 in 20 i mess up, even tryed over carbing and non popped of with out my help, done 3 batches so far in hobgoblin bottles, thank the lord as i had colected over 50 before i read that you carnt use them.

 

[Slid]

If it came with a normal cap (not screw on) why not pop a cap on one to check ? If your capper handles it then its fine.

I think I used them in the past without any issue, I stopped using any 660ml bottles as prefer 500ml as you can pour it all in one go to get a pint with no sediment stirred up.

If you use 660ml bottles and pour a pint you end up with a bit left in the bottle (150ml) which stirs up the sediment. Unless you pour all 660ml out into a jug, then serve from the jug - or have a 660ml glass, not sure I've seen one of them.

The sediment issue is different question to your original capping query - which I think will be fine.

Edit: just done a quick search and found you can indeed get 660ml glasses, not seen them before.

Also possible to pour a bottle into two glasses in one steady pour?

660ml into 2x500ml glasses allows for a lot of foam, which will die down fairly quickly.