drainbamage
Keep HBT weird.
Now that I've been homebrewing for several years now, and I try to save and reuse my bottles between batches whenever possible, I've started running into an occasional problem. Sometimes I'll go to open a bottle and instead of popping the cap, the neck will totally shear off in my hand. (Thankfully I've avoided injury so far!) The caps always appear to be on tight, yet the beer inside of the broken bottles is flat, leading me to believe that things aren't airtight somewhere. I swear I'm not opening them by smacking them on the kitchen counter either. :cross:
So, my question is this: is the stress of repeated capping and un-capping of the same bottles enough to eventually lead to fatigue and stress fractures in the glass? Is there a certain amount of times you can reuse a bottle before it starts to get weaker?
So, my question is this: is the stress of repeated capping and un-capping of the same bottles enough to eventually lead to fatigue and stress fractures in the glass? Is there a certain amount of times you can reuse a bottle before it starts to get weaker?