bottle caps

scoto · Oct 30, 2009

I cleaned and sterilized all my equipment and my bottlecaps .
I should have waited to do the bottlecaps i think. Anyway , I put the caps in a freezerbag thinking it will keep them sterile through my fermenting. Was that a good idea??

ThreeRatBastards · Oct 30, 2009

You're going to need to sterilize things on bottling day anyway, I'd suggest you just re-sterilize them then. You never know what is living in that freezerbag

Dave258 · Oct 30, 2009

The may rust if you put them in the bag wet.
I had some leftover caps rust that I didn't dry enough.

beerthirty · Oct 30, 2009

A little vodka in a bowl right before bottling is all you need.

netjunk1e · Oct 30, 2009

Better than vodka is starsan.

For ethanol to be a proper sanitizer it needs to be around 80% not 40% like vodka.

peripatetic · Oct 30, 2009

once bottlecaps start to rust, are they no longer usable?

bigdug · Oct 30, 2009

If it rusts around the gasket it will leak and the beer will not carb. Not worth taking the chance using rusted ones vs the price of caps.

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