bottling? PLASTIC VS GLASS?
 

"triplex" > wrote in message
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> I was wondering if you can bottle wine in 2 litter pop bottles with the
> screw tops? Just trying to be frugal. Are twist top wine bottles
> available....don't want to deal with corks. How bout using two quart
Kemps
> milk bottles for wine?
I read some of the replies to your post, but not all (I'm running out of
time) but for wine, you should avoid plastic (PET) bottles. They are NOT
impervious to odours and oxygen, and these things will slip through the
pores of the bottles (which are too small for water molecules to escape) and
ruin your wine.
Glass containers are your best bet. If you can find a reliable seal for
milk bottles, go for them.
As for screw-cap wine bottles, there are several brands of wines sold in
screw-cap bottles. Until recently, they were almost always cheap jug wines,
but wineries are beginning to realize that the inconsistency of cork quality
is costing them customers, and are offering high quality product in
screw-cap bottles.
Go to your local bottle recycling depot and ask them to sell you some
screw-cap bottles. If you can get the caps with them, so much the better
(remember to sterilize the caps thouroughly before use) but you may find
caps from Pepsi, etc. bottles will fit.
Alternatively, wine/beer kit stores sell regular 750 ml bottles with screw
cap necks, and (what a coincidence!) the caps to fit. I believe they are
the same caps used for PET beer bottles.
Hope I am not reiterating someone else's post.

Barrie