Bottling tips?

[flandsberg]

I cracked my first couple of bottles of my first batch. The first one was fantastic....great carbonation. However, the second one was flat....but tasted great. Did I just not get the bottle cap on correctly? The cap came off very easily, so I am pretty sure that I didn't get a good seal. I have one of those wing style cappers. Any tips to consistently cap with it?

 

[beergolf]

how long have they been in the bottles? Sometimes they all do not carb up at the same pace.

Give them a full three weeks ( longer for high gravity brews) and a couple of day minimum in the fridge.

 

[krackin]

It could be a looser cap but I think more likely to be uneven warmth or perhaps not even mixing of priming sugar. The capper you are using do work quite well.

 

[flandsberg]

2 weeks in the bottle. The beer wasn't completely flat...just didn't have head or a fizz when opening the bottle.

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[krackin]

You need to be around 70* F for a 2 week carb. You can be higher by a fair amount but you don't want to be lower than recommended fermentation temps. Even at the lower end you may need to add time. I go for 70* to 75* and if I hit 80* so be it. After carb I put them in cold storage.

 

[beergolf]

2 weeks in the bottle. The beer wasn't completely flat...just didn't have head or a fizz when opening the bottle.

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At 2 weeks the possibility of uneven carb levels between bottles is pretty good. let them sit st 70 degrees for another week or more and they should all be fine.