TeleRiddler
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So when I started brewing I bought EZcap bottles because I thought a little more money on the front end would cost less in the long run because I would not have to buy caps each time I wanted to bottle.
My first batch of beer went horribly wrong. I brewed a Hefe-Weizen with the help and advice from my seasoned brewer friends. I went a head and washed all bottles thoroughly and washed the caps. I bottled and about 4-5 weeks later ( I was testing 1 bottle at a time every 4 days after the 1st 2 weeks) My beer had not carbonated and still tasted very sweet. I am assuming that my yeast stalled and most of the sugar was not converted to alcohol. OK now on to my question.
I loaned my EZcap bottles to my friends when we were finishing bottle a few of our group homebrews which were activated properly with yeast.
We bottled in both bottles and EZcaps. We tried last night and the beer in the bottle came out just fine. The beer in the EZcap came out a little flat but had hints of the same sweet taste I experienced in my first horrible batch.
I am wondering a few things. How much does a plastic EZcap change the flavor of the beer? Is contamination much easier to happen with the way you have to handle the caps before you place them on the bottle and cap them, as opposed to a regular bottle capper where you place the bottle cap on the magnet in the capper and place over the bottle and seal.
Since the same beer was in both bottles and we got a wierd taste only out of the EZcap bottles, I am suspicious to buy/use more and return all my EZcaps for bottles. The savings on bottles caps is not as big as I estimate and almost negligible.
All comments are welcome. What do you think could give both bottle types such a significant difference?
-TR
So when I started brewing I bought EZcap bottles because I thought a little more money on the front end would cost less in the long run because I would not have to buy caps each time I wanted to bottle.
My first batch of beer went horribly wrong. I brewed a Hefe-Weizen with the help and advice from my seasoned brewer friends. I went a head and washed all bottles thoroughly and washed the caps. I bottled and about 4-5 weeks later ( I was testing 1 bottle at a time every 4 days after the 1st 2 weeks) My beer had not carbonated and still tasted very sweet. I am assuming that my yeast stalled and most of the sugar was not converted to alcohol. OK now on to my question.
I loaned my EZcap bottles to my friends when we were finishing bottle a few of our group homebrews which were activated properly with yeast.
We bottled in both bottles and EZcaps. We tried last night and the beer in the bottle came out just fine. The beer in the EZcap came out a little flat but had hints of the same sweet taste I experienced in my first horrible batch.
I am wondering a few things. How much does a plastic EZcap change the flavor of the beer? Is contamination much easier to happen with the way you have to handle the caps before you place them on the bottle and cap them, as opposed to a regular bottle capper where you place the bottle cap on the magnet in the capper and place over the bottle and seal.
Since the same beer was in both bottles and we got a wierd taste only out of the EZcap bottles, I am suspicious to buy/use more and return all my EZcaps for bottles. The savings on bottles caps is not as big as I estimate and almost negligible.
All comments are welcome. What do you think could give both bottle types such a significant difference?
-TR