passedpawn

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Fantastic, Miller4, I really admire what you've made here. The craftsmanship and pure ingenuity is inspiring.

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quick update-

Just heard from my girlfriends cousin that the bottle I gave him for Christmas was in fact carbonated when he opened it. That makes 2/3, still haven't heard from my her brother if he's opened his or not.

As for more bottles, I have probably around 20 more ready for a planned wood fire, I ended up only throwing them and haven't gotten around to trying to slipcast any, perhaps after this next firing. I was also thinking of making some belgian type bottles for corks and cages, however I don't have any experience with them, might have to research it a little and try to get my hands on one.

501irishred

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I've always been told, "two out of three ain't bad!"

JohnWilliamson062

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I'd say 2/3 for thrown bottles is pretty good.

BoxMan

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This is cool. My wife's a potter -actually graduating with her dual BFA in printmaking and ceramics this fall.


Her teacher actually homebrews, so I wonder if he's ever tried anything like this.

So excited I found this thread. I was going to test this with my first batch (simple unhopped braggot). That way if they blew up or something went wrong I wouldn't lose anything special.

Have you thought about using corks & cages?

Did you have any more problems with the beer leaking or forcing its way out?

Miller4

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@BoxMan- I'm glad you found the thread. I have definitely been thinking about using corks and cages recently, I think that they could look really good with some of the bottle's I have been making.
I haven't had a chance to bottle in any more recently. I am doing a wood firing this saturday and I have a batch in the primary that will need to be bottled in about 2 weeks, so that will be my next test batch with the new bottles, I will definitely take photos and try and report any new findings.

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I was thinking you should glaze inside them.

http://www.mrbottles.com/galleryClayBeers.asp

http://www.mrbottles.com/newsDetail.asp?ID=36

I should go take a class again to have access to the equipment.

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If not, I am looking forward to the DIY drill powered potters wheels... Hopefully with videos of the first few iterations where speed control is not taken into account.

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@Dynachrome- The insides are definitely glazed. I think the one that seeped ended up having a spot missed on the inside.

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Update-

I know it has been a little while, I have just gotten a large batch of bottles out of a recent wood firing that I am pretty excited about. I will update more, with many more pictures. Here is a quick shot I took after the first test corking to see the fit I think I need to set the cork depth a little deeper, sorry for the bad quality. More updates soon to come.

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