Swing Top Bottles

Swing Top Bottles for Beer, Cider, Mead, Kombucha, and Soda

Swing top bottles are reusable glass bottles with a built-in flip-top closure. They are useful for homebrewed beer, cider, mead, kombucha, soda, cold brew, and other small-batch beverages where quick sealing and easy reopening matter.

The main advantage is convenience: no separate crown caps or capper are needed for everyday use. They are especially handy for small batches, draft samples, gifts, fermentation experiments, and beverages you want to open and reseal.

Use Swing Tops Wisely

• Good fit: still beverages, lightly carbonated drinks, kombucha, cider, beer, and mead when carbonation is managed carefully.
• Check the gasket: the seal depends on a clean, intact gasket and a properly seated wire bail.
• Mind pressure: any carbonated beverage can over-pressurize if fermentation is not finished or priming sugar is overused.
• Clean thoroughly: wash and sanitize before filling, and inspect the closure before reuse.

Planning Carbonation?

For bottle-conditioned beer, cider, or sparkling mead, use the priming sugar calculator and confirm fermentation is complete before packaging. For standard crown-cap packaging, browse beer bottles, caps and closures, and bottle cappers.