Beerbeque
Well-Known Member
All my bottles are Sierra Nevada. I got rid of all the rest. I use mainly 12oz and a few SN 24oz. I store my bottles in SN 12 pack boxes.
If you are going to bottle I highly recommend a bench capper as opposed to a wing capper.
As soon as I started using a bench capper I never had another issue with capping a bottle.
My favorite bottles are Samuel Adams. The labels come off easy with PBW and hot water and they are the easiest I have found for capping. The long section at the top of the neck gives my capper a good grip.Ok, so I bottled for the first time and I have to say it was a pain in my arse. I took the clamp and some extra bottle caps and tried two bottles before I did anything and I thought...wow...this is easy. Fast forward....
Now I have a handful of bottles filled with beer and went to clamp the top on...1 bottle took me up to 5-7 tries. I went to my LHBS and told the guy my story and he goes oh yeah....that beer has horrible bottles. So, then and there I learned that some bottles are easier than other to cap.
So...in your experience whats the best beer to buy and save for bottling?
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