So I was bottling my [thread=57183]Sterling Gold[/thread] today (39 bottles). 12 bottles deep, my capper that I loved so dearly snaps in half. What do you do now?
Well, I head over to my neighbors house, broken capper in hand, and ask if he can help me rig this thing to work for 27 more bottles. We start searching around, and nothing we find is going to make the thing hold. So I get back to my house, super glue and zip tie the thing together and it "kinda works."
A knock on my door brings my neighbor, who is the ultimate Mr. Handy vs me (5 year olds can beat me in construction techniques). I answer the door hoping he has an idea to help me cap my open bottles. No he brings over his Antique Capper, that his father in law gave him (who worked for Schlitz) and we polish off the bottles.
Guess who's getting his favorite batch of beer brewed for him! What an amazing guy. His comment: "I guess I saved the brewery today."
Well, I head over to my neighbors house, broken capper in hand, and ask if he can help me rig this thing to work for 27 more bottles. We start searching around, and nothing we find is going to make the thing hold. So I get back to my house, super glue and zip tie the thing together and it "kinda works."
A knock on my door brings my neighbor, who is the ultimate Mr. Handy vs me (5 year olds can beat me in construction techniques). I answer the door hoping he has an idea to help me cap my open bottles. No he brings over his Antique Capper, that his father in law gave him (who worked for Schlitz) and we polish off the bottles.
Guess who's getting his favorite batch of beer brewed for him! What an amazing guy. His comment: "I guess I saved the brewery today."