spearko520
Well-Known Member
I've read in a number of spots about how the traditional shape of the gose bottle was to facilitate letting the krausen build into the neck and plug up the bottle. I am guessing that you could get some light effervescence from this, but can't imagine that you could build any real pressure (though maybe a very low level of CO2 was all they were looking for), so i have always felt that the "how the gose bottle got its shape" history might be a little inaccurate. however- i have plugged a few airlocks and swelled some bucket lids that seemed to have a little force behind them when they came unplugged and i have been drinking a lot of the bayerischer banhof lately and i have a nice pile of the bottles. I am thinking of not closing the swingtop and trying to make something using the bottle and the plug. Now, i'm not really sure what to expect- but planning it brought another question to light- how would one remove the plug prior to serving the beer? I don't think riddling and freezing would really be the answer, since there was a quick turnaround and the shape of the bottle does not not facilitate it, like a champagne bottle shape does. Does anyone have any info on this, or theories of their own they would care to espouse?