"Brian" <gouyou@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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> Bottling for final product. I've got a Cooper's Ale kit and a plastic
> fermenter. I've done a bit of reading and some people say soda bottles[/color]
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> ok but not juice and non-carbonated drink bottles as they aren't built to
> keep carbonation.[/color]

Well, plastic soda bottles are fine for your final bottling if you're on a
budget. Just make sure they're cleaned free of whatever used to be in them.

Glass bottles will hold carbonated drinks best, as long as they're thick
enough. Generally, if it originally bottled beer, it'll hold beer again,
etc..

I'm using a milk jug for my fermentation vessel, and it has ballooned out
abit, but is intact. I wouldn't try it again though, not with this batch
anyway. It's just too touchy for my taste, as it might make a huge mess if
I didn't carefully regulate the pressure.

Best advice, either use good plastic soda bottles, or glass beer bottles.