Beer Forum

My parents bought a capper and some bottle caps for me as a gift. The thing is that the bottle caps have cork in them which I've never seen before. From what I read online, cork was the standard sealing mechanism before plastic became the standard cap-liner in the 1960's. Has anyone used cork caps to bottle beer before? Are there any potential advantages or disadvantages that you guys can think of? I have a bag of these things so I would hate just to throw them out. One thought that occurred to me is that the bottles should be stored sideways to keep the cork wet and sealed properly, and so yeast and sediment would go to the side of the bottle rather than the bottom where I could easily decant. I guess the best way to test it is to do the experiment bottles with regular caps vs. corked caps. Any other thoughts?

ummm could be a bacterial breeding ground, might want to boil them
BUB

I may be way off base here, but I can't imagine there would be much of a difference between using a cork to cap with, or a cap lined with cork. Some of the highest quality beers in the world are corked. I agree with bub...sanitize the shit out of em' first.

Damn... I guess that makes me old (36????). I remember when they were all like that... Either that, or I was aware of beer and beer caps at a very early age...


Mylo

A friend gave me a large box full of these caps, i have no idea what im going to use them for. They are printed with an old soda co. logo. theyre sitting in the basment right now, collecting dust
-Crut

Caps are cheap. If you're not 100% comfortable with using these caps, chuck 'em and buy the ones with plastic liners.