I normally use flip top bottles for my ginger beer, but with my recent batch I also put 2 litres in a plastic Pepsi bottle and used a cap from the local U-Brew store.
I've burbed the flip tops a few times already, but the plastic bottle is still soft. When I put my ear to the cap I can hear it fizzing, so I don't think the cap is sealing properly.
I tried this once before, and had the same problem, so this time I put some plastic film over the top before putting the cap on, and it still doesn't seem to work.
Has anyone else experienced this? Are the plastic store-bought pop bottles not resealable? Or are there different qualities of caps?
I wondered about getting some kind of improvised gasket material to use instead of the plastic wrap...
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
BTW, I'm in Canada, so I don't know if the bottles are a little different here than in the USA(?)
I've burbed the flip tops a few times already, but the plastic bottle is still soft. When I put my ear to the cap I can hear it fizzing, so I don't think the cap is sealing properly.
I tried this once before, and had the same problem, so this time I put some plastic film over the top before putting the cap on, and it still doesn't seem to work.
Has anyone else experienced this? Are the plastic store-bought pop bottles not resealable? Or are there different qualities of caps?
I wondered about getting some kind of improvised gasket material to use instead of the plastic wrap...
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
BTW, I'm in Canada, so I don't know if the bottles are a little different here than in the USA(?)