I bottled my second batch and encountered a strange problem. My caps had a really hard time staying on the bottles. This did not happen once with my first batch.luckily I had cleaned enough Grolsch swingtops to save the day. I guess my question is what could the problem be? Here are some troubleshooting scenarios I ran through:
1) the bottles
My bottles are standard brown and do not differ from those used in my first batch.
2) the caps
I used caps from a different shop, but they seem to be identical silver caps. Are there different types?
3) I soaked caps in starsan instead of sodium meta.
4) my capper could be broken.
I have a hand capper and it seems to slip sideways a touch.
thoughts welcome
1) the bottles
My bottles are standard brown and do not differ from those used in my first batch.
2) the caps
I used caps from a different shop, but they seem to be identical silver caps. Are there different types?
3) I soaked caps in starsan instead of sodium meta.
4) my capper could be broken.
I have a hand capper and it seems to slip sideways a touch.
thoughts welcome