Probably done 100, 22 oz. bottles by now via the bucket method of mixing in the appropriate amount of sugar boiled in water, then cooled and mixed in well with a sanitized stirring spoon (mixed well).
70 some crown-capped bottles have carbed up perfectly and reliably, zero malfunctions.
However, various flip top bottles, most of them Grolsch, have not been so reliable. I will randomly find some bottles missing 3-4 ounces, and a sticky pool around the bottles. Somehow the seals just slipped aside because they couldn't handle the pressure.
Seals look clean and new, I don't get it. And what's really funny is that the Ez-Cap bottles with their cheesy looking plastic type seals have been 100% reliable, but all the grolsch style rubber seals somehow come loose here and there.
Lame, I'm sticking with crown capping only from now on. Flip tops blow.
70 some crown-capped bottles have carbed up perfectly and reliably, zero malfunctions.
However, various flip top bottles, most of them Grolsch, have not been so reliable. I will randomly find some bottles missing 3-4 ounces, and a sticky pool around the bottles. Somehow the seals just slipped aside because they couldn't handle the pressure.
Seals look clean and new, I don't get it. And what's really funny is that the Ez-Cap bottles with their cheesy looking plastic type seals have been 100% reliable, but all the grolsch style rubber seals somehow come loose here and there.
Lame, I'm sticking with crown capping only from now on. Flip tops blow.