stephenabney
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I started home brewing 4 months ago, and have bottled about 200 beers so far. All in all, I'd say it's been a success, as far as carbonation and bottling goes. However, there is variation and some unexpected results sometimes. Probably about 10 bottles have been unexpectedly flat and 10 have been unexpectedly foamy.
here's a similar capper like I am using http://csibrewers.org/content/?p=134
Since this last batch I bottled, I think my hand held bottle capper has had enough. It was getting hard to push down, pushing down sideways/halfway, and then it broke a bottle. I limped through that a little frustrated, and I knew that I was going to upgrade to something better.
So two questions.
Could my experiences with the variation of carbonation have been due in part to a cheep bottler?
What should I purchase next or is there another method that is better than what I do now? (kegging is not an option for me yet)
Thanks!
here's a similar capper like I am using http://csibrewers.org/content/?p=134
Since this last batch I bottled, I think my hand held bottle capper has had enough. It was getting hard to push down, pushing down sideways/halfway, and then it broke a bottle. I limped through that a little frustrated, and I knew that I was going to upgrade to something better.
So two questions.
Could my experiences with the variation of carbonation have been due in part to a cheep bottler?
What should I purchase next or is there another method that is better than what I do now? (kegging is not an option for me yet)
Thanks!