Grolsch swing tops

Zuma · Post by **Zuma** » Sunday Mar 11, 2007 8:26 pm

Are they any good as a homebrew bottle?

Can the seals be replaced?

What would be a fair price to pay for each bottle second hand?

morgs · Post by **morgs** » Sunday Mar 11, 2007 8:43 pm

Yes
Yes
look on ebay you might get an idea.

Zuma · Post by **Zuma** » Sunday Mar 11, 2007 8:46 pm

a buck each is one sellers price

Trough Lolly · Post by **Trough Lolly** » Monday Mar 12, 2007 11:52 am

They're excellent for holding yeast starters in too - you can vent off the excess CO2 without having to go through heaps of bottle tops!

Cheers,
TL

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Monday Mar 12, 2007 12:02 pm

Trough, how do you think the Oztop caps would go for holding yeast starters anyway?

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Monday Mar 12, 2007 12:26 pm

I should have added thelow pressure ones fit perfectly on PandN one l. bottles.

pacman · Post by **pacman** » Tuesday Apr 03, 2007 9:28 pm

Great for HB bottling. Don't need a bottle capper if you have enough of them.

Buy them @ $4ea from 1st Choice, or $5ea from Dans. Not a bad drink, and then rinse. Sanitise on bottling day. Actual bottling process is so much easier than for traditional bottles & caps.

Monitor the condition of the seals. They won't last forever. Am experimenting with turning the seals inside out after about 4 bottlings. Also experimenting with removing some seals & storing them in a bottle of water until required. Appear to be benefiting from this treatment, but time will tell.

You can buy replacement seals on the Net. Only purchased one pack so far - appear similar to cheap tap washers - suspect that's what they will perform like. Will look at an alternative supplier's washers next time.

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Tuesday Apr 03, 2007 9:55 pm

I like them a lot. Easier to bottle - not quite so easy to clean, but not so bad it detracts.

I have a slab holding some stout which is intended for long-time aging. I'm also trying to acquire a fleet of Schwelmer bottles.

I will probably end up buying a crown-seal capper and doing that thing, but if I had, oh, a thousand swingtops...

red dog · Post by **red dog** » Monday Apr 09, 2007 7:24 pm

I am a big fan of swing tops as well. There hard to find up this way as every one seems to want them

porridgewog · Post by **porridgewog** » Thursday Apr 12, 2007 3:55 pm

I'm a big fan of the swing top too. A mate managed to pick me up 2 doz at a garage sale for nix!! Then just last week my local BWS had a special on and they were going out the door for $2 each (with beer in) so grabbed another 2 doz.

NTRabbit · Post by **NTRabbit** » Thursday Apr 12, 2007 6:01 pm

I got ~40 empties from a recycling depot, 50c each.

They aren't supposed to do that, but some of the operators take swingtops and long necks aside and make a little extra cash in hand from aspiring homebrewers.

dags64 · Post by **dags64** » Thursday Apr 12, 2007 9:15 pm

I have a buddy who drinks these and then hands the empties over to me
I have about 110 at the moment with the promise of more to come

I actually gave 20 away to my neighbour for his home brews

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Thursday Apr 12, 2007 9:54 pm

dags64 wrote:I have a buddy who drinks these and then hands the empties over to me
I have about 110 at the moment with the promise of more to come

I actually gave 20 away to my neighbour for his home brews

I'm trying to interest my mates in drinking Grolsch or Schwelmer. They're all either cheapskates or taste-challenged... *sigh*