Twist-off crown cap bottles

[SparkyJay]

Guys
Bought some Perlenbacher pils from Lidl, £5:99 for 8 half litre bottles. A very drinkable brew at 4.9% that comes in a bottle with a twist-off crown cap.
Just wondering if anyone has tried reusing this type of bottle? Can I save the caps and sterilise them to use again? I put one back on (after finishing the beer, obviously) and it appears to reseal ok. Or can I put a new cap on?
As a noob to the homebrewing craft, I'm just starting to build up a stock of bottles so any help would be much appreciated.

Regards, Jay

Ps, sorry the picture is sideways!

 

[Toonahfish]

I've got some beer conditioning in some of these as we speak, although I won't be able to tell you how successful it's been until I open one up and see if the seal was good and the beer has carbonated properly. I also managed to get a standard crown cap onto one of these; it kinda hooks itself onto the thread. As a matter of course I always keep used crown caps - I find they go back on much more easily if they been used a couple of times. And I reuse them until they won't keep a seal any more/are bent out of shape/start to rust.

 

[coopsy]

Be very careful with these bottles, i had a few from Lidl, the glass is really thin and i would not recommend them at all for home brew. The caps don't seal properly, and the neck of the bottle is so weak and brittle it almost caused a nasty accident. If you compare the weight with a normal beer bottle you'll see what i'm saying. VERY DANGEROUS.......



"I WOULD GIVE UP BEER, BUT I'M NO QUITTER" :electric:

 

[SparkyJay]

Thanks for the info, guys. Looks like I might have to drink more of a different brew to build up my bottle stocks. What a terrible task! ;-)

 

[wheazy_joe]

ASDA were doing the Grolsch swingtop bottles for £1.60 recently. My LHBS sells these for £1 with no beer in them, so the way I see it I was getting the Grolsch for 60p! Bargain!!!!

 

[SparkyJay]

Unfortunately, the Grolsch is back up to £2:50......
But they are doing bottles of Bass for £1!
Bottle supply problem solved!
:-D

 

[wheazy_joe]

I'm sure Tesco sell some Bavarian lager in 500ml bottles for 80p (from memory), defo less than £1. Anyway the lager isn't too bad and cheap way to get bottle stock up.

 

[Bounce]

Unfortunately, the Grolsch is back up to £2:50......
But they are doing bottles of Bass for £1!
Bottle supply problem solved!
:-D

But then you will feel obliged to drink the Bass

My local Morrisons is doing Hobgoblin Gold for 99p a bottle (it's OK) but BEWARE the bottles unless you have a bench capper. There are numerous threads on this site about capping Hobgoblin bottles but they work OK with my bench capper.

 

[coopsy]

While we're on the subject, Old Peculiar at Tesco £1.24, has done wonders for my bottle collection..............