snapple bottles

[harrison6jd]

does anybody have experience with bottling into these at 185 degrees? i am afraid to try it. not because of the breaking glass but because i dont want to waste the liquid gold.:lol:

[happy thoughts]

I haven't tried snapple bottles but something similar, mocha coffee and apple juice jugs with metal "button" caps. They all sealed well and pop just like regular canning lids. Get a good bottle brush so you can clean the insides well. I sterilized both the jars and lids in boiling water and kept the jars hot until bottling. Just make sure the lids are in perfect shape and not dented or mishapen.

[markct]

Sounds like a good plan as long as your not selling the syrup, its required to use new bottles if you are.

[wippster]

I used them last weekend for the first run of the year and they all sealed up, I heated up the bottles first and the original lids and they worked great, the rest of the family thought I was crazy but I proved them wrong

[harrison6jd]

they all get cleaned with PBW(brewwers cleaner) and steam sanitized. we give them for gifts or personal use. i will give them a try as i am out of Grolsch bottles. thanks for the replys

[5050racing]

They work great,the lids pop when they seal(the pop like when you canning that means it just vacuum in the lid to form the seal)I also use Corona bottles and a 15 dollar caper it looks cool to give them as gifts and bring a six pack to work and see what the boss says!!!This is just one boiling I did awhile ago.Going out now to collect sap to see what I will add to the 110 gallons stored in the snow bank to start boiling today tonight Sunday??

[lpakiz]

I too, used Snapple bottles as well as iced tea bottles. I clean them in water as hot as I can stand. I cut most of the stem off of a hand operated bottle brush, the kind with a twisted wire metal stem, and crimped on a short length of 3/16 or 1/4 metal brake line tube. Then I chuck the brush in the cordless drill. There are brushes out there that will enter the neck of the 250ml maple leaf bottle. That's so small I doubt my little finger would fit. Really scrubs them out.

[Rrwws]

This is such a cool idea, I like the Corona bottles idea, I must now get a 6 pack of Corona and drink while boiling down and re-use for syrup!!

[happy thoughts]

This is such a cool idea, I like the Corona bottles idea, I must now get a 6 pack of Corona and drink while boiling down and re-use for syrup!!

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[5050racing]

Just bought 2 6 pack of nips to drink and refill sometime tonight or most likely Sunday since I have 140 gallons to start on now.