Recent content by dyepsen

Just a follow up, my home brew shop replaced the capper and I brewed up a batch of wheat ale with peach extract added in the bottling bucket. I just bottled this morning with the new capper and everything went perfect, 2 cases of beer. taste and aroma is great. Can't wait for some...

A friend lent me his two handled capper, just like mine, and a bench capper. I was so gun shy with the handled one today I immediately switched to the bench capper. Very nice. My LHBS is going to replace it, great guy. He said it shouldn't have exploded like it did. (I have used one before with...

Yeah, I'm using the same bottles we used on a previous batch we made with my son's kit before I got mine. They all capped fine. We did learn abot the ridge difference on an earlier brew and don't use them. I noticed a noise in the spring on the first few bottles, then the plastic in the center...

Thanks for the help! I started off by making aluminum foil caps.....then decided it may be better in the bucket with an airlock. I am gonna try to borrow a capper in the morning. I'm an hour and a half from the nearest brew shop. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Home Brew mobile app

I have been reading this forum and learning since Christmas. I got a beer kit for Christmas from my son in law, who has been brewing for a while now. I made a Bavarian hefweizen and it tastes and smells awesome. It was fermenting for 2 1/2 weeks in the primary. I decided to bottle tonight. After...

I am a newbie here, have my 2nd beer in the bucket. 2/3 worked for me on my first beer on 5 gallons. You'll be fine. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Home Brew mobile app