Skittle bottles any good for liqueurs?

[Frog253]

Planing to make the Christmas Pudding Vodka this year and the Skittle Bottles from Wares of Knutsford look a good buy. Just wondering whether these bottles need a sterilise first or just a hot water rinse? I am slightly concerned about the plastic lids being damaged by a dishwasher run. Phoned Wares and they were pretty non-committal. Since am making a Vodka liqueur rather than some sort of syrup my instinct tells me that the alcohol will prevent any germy growth.
So has anyone used these bottles for a liqueur and how did you prepare them? Also what do you make the vodka in? Do you use a kilner type jar which you sterilise beforehand or do you make it in the original vodka bottle (or something else?)

Bump for you as I'd like to know too.

hmm I'm not sure

I always use ceramic swing tops, sterilise by dishwashering

For the making, I use kilners or talas, the ones from IKEA don't seal perfectly and oxidise

again, hot handwash then through the dishwasher

Or alternatively I have used clean empty 1l bottles with a recipe that calls for say 600ml gin/vokda/whatever

Hi, I've found these bottleswww.goodlifehomebrew.com/frosted-glass-liqueur-bottle-20cl.php. They look like they are designed for the job and the metal lid should withstand a v. hot wash (not sure about being knocked around in a dishwasher though).

Would cold water sterilising do for the lids?

No need to sterilise as you're using vodka. Just wash in hot water.

UKSky that's what I was thinking, pleased to get some reassurance.

If you want big bottles to put things in These are cheaper than some bottles you can buy from John Lewis and they come with posh lemonade in!

750ml is quite big though.

(compare here)

Please note that if you order the bottles I have suggested then you need to buy the lids AS WELL....GRRRRR!

im squinting at those skittle bottles...are they glass with a plastic lid? or all plastic?