What supplies or equipment are used to bottle a beer?
• Be sure you are using the non-twist-off type of beer bottle if you are going to be capping standard 12 or 22 oz bottles. A 5 gallon batch of beer will require about 48 – 54 12 oz. bottles or 26 – 30 22 oz. bottles. • Caps- All our caps will fit any standard non-twist-off variety bottle. The caps will not properly seal if crimped onto a twist-off bottle. The only difference in our caps is the print, except for the oxygen absorbing caps. These are only really required for long-term storage beers to prevent oxidation and staleness due to oxygen’s presence in the head-space of the bottle. • Bottle-filler- the Spring-Tip filler is an affordable and basic option that we offer here at Midwest. • Capper- The Red Baron capper works quite well, and is convenient when capping different heights of bottles. The bench capper is a good option when you don’t need to adjust the height frequently for different types of bottles.
