Anyone bottle their own?

[bcharlton]

I am finally restoring my 1957 Bastian Blessing soda fountain and get everything to work.  I was thinking of recycling my 8oz glass coke bottles and start re-capping  them myself (dues to the fact that I am a little sick of paying a dollor a bottle for 8oz).

Can anyone help me with this?



Brian

[bcharlton]

Breaking it down.  This is a lot different than a soda machines.  Any help would be greatley apreciated.

[SIGNGUY]

I refill my old 6.5oz Hobbleskirt Coke bottles with new product all the time.
Generally fill them with orange and rootbeer for the kids.. they way they can use my machines..

I always have my 81D running with Beer , water and these refilled bottles of rootbeer/orange or grape in the machine.

I just buy 2 liters of whatever brand/flavor I want.

I clean the bottles ( I have 3 cases that are in great condition and have been cleaned over and over again, steralized, and alwasy rinsed after use...

I use my wine making kit gear to bottle them.. I use a siphon out of the bottle, into a bottle filler which fills from the bottom so you dont' get too much foam.. and then I just buy caps at the local brew/wine store and have I have a hand held capper... they stay good for months...

[bcharlton]

Thanks SignGuy,

I was going to fill them up right from the soda fountain.  Does a cycle in the dish washer do just fine as far as sanitation?

I need to find a shop that sells bottlecaps.  Should they be corked backed?

BC

[Swachtelncc]

BC you can usually find bottle caps at anywhere that sells beer making kits

[mznb1u]

Here is a prior thread on the topic with a link to a good brewing supply house.

http://soda-machines.com/discussions/index.php/topic,13983.0.html

  Tim

[mznb1u]

Here are the items that you will need:

Spring Tip Bottle Filler:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/brewing-equipment/bottling/bottling-accessories/spring-tip-bottle-filler.html

Racking Tube:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/24-curved-racking-tube.html

Food Grade Tubing:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/3-8-clear-hi-temp-tubing.html

Bottle Crowns:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/plain-gold-caps-144-ct.html

Capper:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/black-beauty-capper.html

Make sure you clean the bottles with very hot water and then use a bleach water sanitizer and final rinse.

A bottle washer is helpful for the cleaning:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/jet-bottle-washer.html

Chill the bottles, insert dime, make a selection and enjoy!

  Tim

[SIGNGUY]

I make wine too, so I use my wine making supplies..

you could fill them out of the fountain but it'll take a while as you have to wait for the foam to come down when filling them before bottling..

I buy my caps from a wine/beer making store in town.. or you can find them online.. and no cork doesn't matter, most are not corked any more..

[kbareit]

If your using your dispensing system see if you can attach a piece of tubing to the faucet. insert the tube in the bottle to the bottom and fill then cap. Thats how I bottled home brew from the keg.

[Dvan]

I have brewed beer for 20 years and it's not hard to make your own soda. There are a 100 different brewing shops online to get soda making supplies. If you are going to use your 8oz bottles I would get a table top or bench capper these are better than the hand capper and can adjust to taller or shorter bottles. Soda making is easy and there are a boatload of flavors to choose from and something the whole family can do. The bad thing about bottling from a 2lt. bottle or a fountain of all ready carbonated soda is if you don't drink it within a few days it will go flat. Once you release the presser the carbonation starts to degrade. All you will really need is a pot, capper, bottles, racking cane maybe a few other things and of course ingredients. Here is a video from Midwest brewing  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m1xsfWD-E
Just Google making soda or Youtube making soda and you should get a good ideal of the process. I hope this helps.

[Creighton]

Great info!!
Thanks.
Creighton

[SIGNGUY]

I have had soda I've bottled from two liters hold carbonation for at least a month or more... we bottle it warm.. seems to last longer for some reason.. more foam, but works for us..

[buzz4041]

I refill my old 6.5oz Hobbleskirt Coke bottles with new product all the time.
Generally fill them with orange and rootbeer for the kids.. they way they can use my machines..

I always have my 81D running with Beer , water and these refilled bottles of rootbeer/orange or grape in the machine.

I just buy 2 liters of whatever brand/flavor I want.

I clean the bottles ( I have 3 cases that are in great condition and have been cleaned over and over again, steralized, and alwasy rinsed after use...

I use my wine making kit gear to bottle them.. I use a siphon out of the bottle, into a bottle filler which fills from the bottom so you dont' get too much foam.. and then I just buy caps at the local brew/wine store and have I have a hand held capper... they stay good for months...

This just sounds to easy. I just ordered up a case of vintage 7UP ACL bottles and new caps and capper so I can do the same for soda going in my VMC33. I may need to get a few other items as suggested but this should be great to have. I have been vending the 8 OZ cokes but I much prefer 7UP and the vintage bottle to boot will be great. Thanks again SMC for great insight.