Q- What is the general consensus among the scientific bent? Do the O2 absorbing caps work? And what if you soak them in starsan prior to capping- does that deactivate them?
Here's my story- I found 2 bottles of a dopplebock that I bottled 4 years ago and stored in a stryofoam insulated box. One bottle capped with a normal gold cap= awful- stale, oxidized. Dumped it. The other bottle capped with a silver O2 absorber and then waxed. Yes, my procedure is to soak the caps in starsan while bottling. Sometimes as long as 1/2 hour or a little more. 2nd bottle was wonderful- malty, a little note of stone fruit. To my mind as good as a Celebrator that I had last month.
Granted, a sample of one means nothing, but what do the brains think?
Here's my story- I found 2 bottles of a dopplebock that I bottled 4 years ago and stored in a stryofoam insulated box. One bottle capped with a normal gold cap= awful- stale, oxidized. Dumped it. The other bottle capped with a silver O2 absorber and then waxed. Yes, my procedure is to soak the caps in starsan while bottling. Sometimes as long as 1/2 hour or a little more. 2nd bottle was wonderful- malty, a little note of stone fruit. To my mind as good as a Celebrator that I had last month.
Granted, a sample of one means nothing, but what do the brains think?