can you use Corona bottles to bottle with?? will standard caps work???
thanks
Jim

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> can you use Corona bottles to bottle with?? will standard caps work???
> thanks
> Jim
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The problem with Corona botles is that they are clear. Clear glass let pass
sunligth and neon ligth who both are responsible of skunky beers. You have
the same problem with green bottles. Brown or deep blue bottles are Ok. What
happens (if i remember corectly) is that some ligth wavelength break a
protein in the hops and this produce a new molecule that is verry similar to
the one in skunk odor.

Just a few molecule are enough to ruin a beer so even short exposition to
direct sunligth or neon litning (like in some stores) are damagable. I heard
that some type of beers don't have this problem because the hop have been
treated in a certain way but this option is not avalable to homebrewers.

Beside that, if you take great care of leaving your bottles in the dark at
all times, i don't see any other problems but people who had tryed it may
give further answers.
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"Jim Baird" <jbaird1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> can you use Corona bottles to bottle with?? will standard caps work???
> thanks
> Jim[/color]

Absolutely. I use them all the time. One advantage of using a clear bottle
is that you can see the color and clarity of the beer before you open it.
There is, of course, the disadvantage of the possibility of skunking the
beer if you put it out in sunlight. However I always keep my beer in the
dark, and I have never experienced any skunkiness. Keep it dark and you'll
be fine.

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Dave
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> There is, of course, the disadvantage of the possibility of skunking the
> beer if you put it out in sunlight.[/color]

All light has the potential to skunk beer. Sunlight light will do it the
fastest, then neon, then incandescent light. I have some beautiful antique
clear bottles and some clear French swing-top bottles that lemonade came in.
I use them all the time, but keep them away from ALL light.

Michael