TheHappyHopper
Well-Known Member
This might be a dumb question, but was it actually 5 gallons of beer by the time it got transferred to the bottling bucket? If you guys are saying that 6 oz of priming sugar is okay (but maybe starting to push the limit), then it would be even worse if he really only had, say, 4.5 gallons or so by the time it was transferred to the bottling bucket.
Also - what kind of capper was it? Wing or bench? My old wing capper would clamp down and put stress on the sides of some bottles - they would hold carbonation fine for a few batches but then eventually fail. I have a few of the Miller Fortune bottles in my collection and I have only used the bench capper on them and never had one break.
Also - what kind of capper was it? Wing or bench? My old wing capper would clamp down and put stress on the sides of some bottles - they would hold carbonation fine for a few batches but then eventually fail. I have a few of the Miller Fortune bottles in my collection and I have only used the bench capper on them and never had one break.
