Bottling the Belgian: A Photo Odyssey

[BrewThruYou]

I did one batch of my dubbel like this and to this day I cant believe how much of a PITA corking is with that corker

Yeah, I have one too. Did maybe 17 750ml Belgians, 2 375ml Belgians (empty Russian River), and the rest 12oz longnecks.

It's definitely an arduous process of removing the bottle after the cork gets stuck in there. I found it a lot easier to insert another cork and try to squeeze that down - the force would pop the bottle free.

I'm bottle conditioning until the holidays...I hope everyone appreciates how much work it was!

 

[nebben]

I've used my Gilda corker with excellent results. Just put the cork in, place firm pressure onto the corker, which is square on top of the bottle, and press it in most of the way. Done. No disassembling, no fidgeting. Reload a cork, put it on a freshly filled bottle, put the arm down part-way, release grips, repeat.

It took me maybe 2 or 3 corks on water filled bottles to practice, but once you get it right, you'll get it right every time, and it's wicked fast.