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You are gonna love this!
I am sure we all worry sometimes about beer not carbonating in the bottle, especially the ones with higher alcohol content. So, I figured why not just bottle one or two of my brews in plastic bottles, ones that would hold carbonation of course. Then, a couple/few weeks into carbonating, just give the bottle a squeeze, you should be able to tell if the beer is flat or carbonated. I hate wasting a bottle of beer by opening it, hoping for some carbonation, just to find it still flat.
Don't know if anyone else has had this idea, but I just about smurfed in my pants when I thought of it.
Cheers!
 
It's definitely been done. You get a vague idea of where you're at with carbonation, but it's far from an exact science. If it works for you, rock it out! :rockin:
 
It does work well and is SOP. I use mostly amber 16s. FWIW I reuse the caps with very good results.
 
Use soda bottles or other bottles made for pressure. Don't use water bottle. This is the popular wisdom anyway.

hopdoc said:
You are gonna love this!
I am sure we all worry sometimes about beer not carbonating in the bottle, especially the ones with higher alcohol content. So, I figured why not just bottle one or two of my brews in plastic bottles, ones that would hold carbonation of course. Then, a couple/few weeks into carbonating, just give the bottle a squeeze, you should be able to tell if the beer is flat or carbonated. I hate wasting a bottle of beer by opening it, hoping for some carbonation, just to find it still flat.
Don't know if anyone else has had this idea, but I just about smurfed in my pants when I thought of it.
Cheers!
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see: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/pressure-gauge-mounted-bottle-cap-268151/

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filling carboy with no hands from the sink. Rubber bands around spray hose and a clamp and towel to balance
 
idk if anyone else has tried yet but for a blowoff tube i use 1/2 inch id silicon tube on one of the three piece air locks works like a charm
 
JohnSand said:
Well, it is something clever.
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Hell i've posted a few posts about my 'clever' 200ohm resistor mod on my oven to make it a malt kiln...lol

but like rodney dangerfield...."I get no respect!" :)

i've only been here a few months though, maybe i'll be resurrected from the dead in 5-10 years?
 
It is a neat idea! I wonder if I put flat beer in a PET bottle and applied sufficient clamping, could I force-carb it?
 
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