They will work very well for wines that are intended to be drunk fairly
young (less than 18 to 14 months). I have not used common beer bottles but
have used the Grolsh Style. I bottled a batch of dewberry in some. I used
new rings. I also bottled some in standard wine bottles under cork.

I found that the wine in the Grolsh bottles did not age the same. In fact
it did not seem to bottle age at all. It seemed that where the wine in the
wine bottles mellowed after a year, the wine in the Grolsh bottles did not.
Then after 3 years the wine in the Grolsh bottles was severely oxidized and
not drinkable. I had no wine in regular bottles left to compare with.

Ray

"vinterwannabe" > wrote in message
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> What are the reasons to not use beer bottles, capped or grolsh style?
> seems they make a good seal, could stand upright so no contact with the
> cap liner or gasket, just the botttle. They could be filled to near
> the top eliminating most head space. some are even in the 750 ml range
> or larger.
>
> Thanks much
>