Swing top 32 oz. Bottling

[hotwatermusic]

I've been bottling into these because I generally drink about that much in a session. However I've had inconsistency in carbing. I've targeted priming sugar dissolving issues and have spent extra time rinsing during cleaning/sanitation. I've even changed out rubber washers themselves. I've had tripels carbed to 3 vols. work and porters @ 2 vols. fail. Has anyone else experienced this and found a reason or solution?

 

[NTXBrauer]

Do you put measured amounts of priming sugar directly in the bottles, or mix it up in a bucket before bottling? The inconsistencies I have experienced in the past were when using a bottling bucket and the beer did not evenly mix with my priming sugar solution. Some bottles were perfectly carbed, while others not so much.

 

[flars]

Could be the porters just take a lot longer to bottle condition. Do the porters still fail at 6 weeks of warm temp conditioning?

 

[hotwatermusic]

I do use a bottling bucket. However, I don't have the same issue with capped bottles. The failed bottles don't seem to be dependent on conditioning time but that is something I may need to track better. It also hasn't been any particular style. It has been the odd bottle in a good batch.

 

[richarcm]

I had trouble as well. Do yourself a favor. Buy a bag of Coopers Carbonating Drops and in place of the sugar put three in each 32oz bottle.

 

[hotwatermusic]

Thanks, richarcm. I'll try that. If it doesn't fix it, at least it would point me towards the real problem.