Bottling with short neck bottles

[Brew-N-Bakery]

I have a bunch of session bottles and my wing capper does not work for them. The body of the bottle is in the way, when I activate the levers down it pops up and away from the cap.

Sucks, cause the beer is just OK and that's the main reason I was drinking them. :3

I started out on those bottles and have not had any problems with this capper... I still use 'em. They're awesome!
Yes, I got it off ebay and it was pretty cheaply priced, but hey! It has not failed me yet, and I've capped at least 8 different kinds of bottles with it! The trick with the short-neck bottles is you have to start the downward motion of the handles before the crimper cup makes contact with the cap.

 

[fuelish]

I started out on those bottles and have not had any problems with this capper... I still use 'em. They're awesome!
Yes, I got it off ebay and it was pretty cheaply priced, but hey! It has not failed me yet, and I've capped at least 8 different kinds of bottles with it! The trick with the short-neck bottles is you have to start the downward motion of the handles before the crimper cup makes contact with the cap.

I used to have a metal capper like that years back, it worked great....now I have a Red Baron (?) or a plastic knockoff of a RB, and it's a lot more finicky, but....I bottle in any kind of pop-off bottles, only problem I've had has been a couple necks breaking, seemingly on Stella Artois bottles more than anything else, for whatever reason.

 

[KartRacer54]

For me, the best way to cap a bottle, any bottle is to PUSH the cap onto the bottle with a bell.
The wing cappers use a system to pull the cap down onto the bottle with a bell. This system caused many issues with my bottle choice, ( Boulevard short bottles). By eliminating the pul portion and utilizing the push system I eliminated the problems of, poor sealing, broken tops etc.
yes the equipment cost more but peace of mind was worth the effort.

 

[madscientist451]

I use the stubby session lager bottles to bottle beer that needs to be cold conditioned in the fridge. They take up less room. My countertop lever cappper with a block of wood does a good job on them, my wing cappers are useless on the stubby bottles. Yeah the session lager is only so-so, my g/f recycled the stubby bottles after she drank my homebrew (made specially for her) until she got educated about reusing them. Dumb blonde moment I guess. I like using different size bottles for different brews, then I don;t have to worry about labels.

 

[ncredneck]

For me, the best way to cap a bottle, any bottle is to PUSH the cap onto the bottle with a bell.
The wing cappers use a system to pull the cap down onto the bottle with a bell. This system caused many issues with my bottle choice, ( Boulevard short bottles). By eliminating the pul portion and utilizing the push system I eliminated the problems of, poor sealing, broken tops etc.
yes the equipment cost more but peace of mind was worth the effort.
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this is not the home brew market

 

[actionjackson905]

For me, the best way to cap a bottle, any bottle is to PUSH the cap onto the bottle with a bell.
The wing cappers use a system to pull the cap down onto the bottle with a bell. This system caused many issues with my bottle choice, ( Boulevard short bottles). By eliminating the pul portion and utilizing the push system I eliminated the problems of, poor sealing, broken tops etc.
yes the equipment cost more but peace of mind was worth the effort.
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this is not the home brew market

Correct and well said.

 

[KartRacer54]

Correct and well said.

For me, the best way to cap a bottle, any bottle is to PUSH the cap onto the bottle with a bell.
The wing cappers use a system to pull the cap down onto the bottle with a bell. This system caused many issues with my bottle choice, ( Boulevard short bottles). By eliminating the pul portion and utilizing the push system I eliminated the problems of, poor sealing, broken tops etc.
yes the equipment cost more but peace of mind was worth the effort.
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this is not the home brew market

I'm sorry, did I offend someone.?