Hey,
I've only ever bottled two brews with corks. The latest and first batches both suffer from cork problems. The corks don't eject under the CO2 pressure. I carbonated to style, well above the regular volumes I use when kegging, though I don't have access to details at the moment.
I had a cork break when trying to open by hand. Corks are ordered through Austin home brew I believe. I placed the corks to the appropriate depth such that the hood would fit snugly and the wire base would fit just beneath the rim, with little slack. Need to use a corkscrew or pliers to eject the corks. I rinsed the corks and put in a bowl of StarSan, retrieving them as the bottling proceeded.
Is this the norm for corked home brews? No friends of mine are homebrewers except on just getting started, so I have no reference to compare with besides comical brews.
TD
I've only ever bottled two brews with corks. The latest and first batches both suffer from cork problems. The corks don't eject under the CO2 pressure. I carbonated to style, well above the regular volumes I use when kegging, though I don't have access to details at the moment.
I had a cork break when trying to open by hand. Corks are ordered through Austin home brew I believe. I placed the corks to the appropriate depth such that the hood would fit snugly and the wire base would fit just beneath the rim, with little slack. Need to use a corkscrew or pliers to eject the corks. I rinsed the corks and put in a bowl of StarSan, retrieving them as the bottling proceeded.
Is this the norm for corked home brews? No friends of mine are homebrewers except on just getting started, so I have no reference to compare with besides comical brews.
TD