Crown caps to be persice. Are we really only limited by the plastic hand cappers and bench cappers? Why hasn't someone come out with a better capping system? Something that last and will not break or crack bottles. Something that will last.
BronxBrew said:Not complaining, just risking bottles full of brew that took time to make. Isn't there a decent made capper out there that will last and not break bottles on occasion ?
Crown caps to be persice. Are we really only limited by the plastic hand cappers and bench cappers? Why hasn't someone come out with a better capping system? Something that last and will not break or crack bottles. Something that will last.
Anyway...I'm betting the whole bottling thing disappears from the commercial scene within ten years. Only bombers or larger will exist in glass, everything else will be cans. Only home brewers will still use bottles.
Prionburger said:What takes me more time is cleaning bottles. I wish there were a faster way. Most of my time spent bottling is rinsing the oxyclean off, making sure no detergents get in the beer.
Just be sure to rinse the bottles out as soon as you pour a beer. At the very least put water in them if you can't rinse right away. Then let them drain, on bottling day a few squirts of starsan VIA vintor and you are good to go. No need to oxy the bottles if you rinse them when you empty them
day_trippr said:Anyway...I'm betting the whole bottling thing disappears from the commercial scene within ten years. Only bombers or larger will exist in glass
Cheers!
If I bottled I'd love to have the one this guy made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yV3Xfe4lvGk#t=9s
I think that people who don't brush their bottles are just deluding themselves that the bottles are clean. No matter how clean the bottles look, there is always a thin film of foggy yeast and beer residue in them. Sometimes you can't even see it, but if you stick a toothbrush in the bottle and scrub a spot on the side, then you can see by contrast how it's there. I wish that I could just rinse and re-sanitize, but I have never seen a bottle that didn't come cleaner by brushing it. Ergo, the bottle was not clean before brushing.
If I bottled I'd love to have the one this guy made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yV3Xfe4lvGk#t=9s
Sure, if you rinse it out with hot lye followed by hydrochloric acid, maybe. But not plain water or oxyclean or star-san.
Yall must have special space-age bottles, because all of mine (of many different brands) LOOK perfectly clean after rinsing, but if you actually check closely (like with a flashlight), and rub the inside with some kind of brush, you will see that there is a leftover film there. Is it hurting the beer? Maybe not. Are the bottles clean ENOUGH? Maybe. But they are not clean and it's not good to spread bad advice. The criteria for if a bottle is clean is not "it's clean if I can't see big chunks in the bottom".
If I bottled I'd love to have the one this guy made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yV3Xfe4lvGk#t=9s
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