Hi. Looking for soda bottles and a preservative.

[JoshK]

I am new to the hobby and forum. I have been working tirelessly for 2 months to create a tasty soda, and think I will have succeeded after my latest purchase arrives. It just needs a tweak.
I want to make a large batch and have it be shelf stable for storage and maybe sending it to family and friends.
What do members do for bottles? I think it would be far cooler to have new bottles than to re-use bottles.
And what is the preferred soda preservative for you guys?

 

[Longshot_34]

I use old beer bottles and soda bottles. A rag tag mix of whatever beer bottles my buddy gave me and some Pop Shoppe bottles we had hanging around since the early 80’s.

 

[bugdry]

I use 500ml PET bottles. No preservative for me, except for storing it in a fridge. How are you carbonating your soda? I use yeast or gingerbug.

 

[JoshK]

I've been using a sodastream bottle and the sodastream carbonator.

 

[dennisedward]

Yeah...I also use old beer bottles and soda bottles.

 

[JoshK]

Yea it seems everyone reuses old ones. I wanted new so I could give some away and possibly sell some. Nobody is going to be okay with me reusing old bottles.

 

[bracconiere]

maybe this could help you on your journey....the big boys file patents for their recipes...

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...rink".ABTX.)+AND+preservative.ABTX.)&OS=abst/

 

[bleme]

Yea it seems everyone reuses old ones. I wanted new so I could give some away and possibly sell some. Nobody is going to be okay with me reusing old bottles.

Define 'nobody' because I don't think I have ever met anyone who had a problem with recycling bottles. We all do it. They are easy to clean and sanitize to be like new.

 

[MaxStout]

I have a bunch of 1 liter PET bottles from sparkling water at Aldi. I make root beer and carb using carbonator caps. No preservatives, as the root beer is usually gone in a few days.

Nothing wrong with re-using pop bottles, and we should. I have refilled some of the PET bottles a dozen times and they hold the pressure just fine. Just don't use the bottles from regular bottled water, they aren't designed to withstand pressure.

 

[Nate R]

I can see if you are shipping maube plastic cheaper? Also i can see not wanting to re-use platic too much.

Check out williams brewing: you can get plastic caps too.

https://www.williamsbrewing.com/16-Oz-Pet-Beer-Bottles-Case-Of-24-P3228.aspx

Of course these will look just about the same as re-used and cleaned plastic bittles would.

Cheers