Moved to a bench capper (and kegging) because of broken bottles. My red wing capper may have been scoring the bottles (just a guess). The caps went on fine, but when the bottles were opened the bottle would break at the neck. Not a safe thing after you've had a few brews!Maybe I need a bench capper. One bottle is brand new, one is recycled. -Joe
The smaller size works fine for many different bottle sizes, and is supposed to be for bottles with a 26mm cap, not for a specific volume. I've found that the larger 29mm side works better for some 12 oz bottles with larger necks.the smaller size is the size for 12 oz bottles. the other wont even grab the neck. perhaps his are stamped out of tolerance.
This happens to me with some regularity. I keg, so I only bottle beers I'm taking somewhere, but it still happens to about 1 out of every 20-30 bottles though. I guess I need a bench capper, plus then i could cork belgians too.Moved to a bench capper (and kegging) because of broken bottles. My red wing capper may have been scoring the bottles (just a guess). The caps went on fine, but when the bottles were opened the bottle would break at the neck. Not a safe thing after you've had a few brews!![]()
"Squoze"! Sweet word!I guess I just squoze too hard![]()
Yeah, I already knew the black beauty one wasn't reversible.Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. This is the first time this has happened to me in the ~100 bottles I've capped. However, I recently bought a Black Beauty Capper from Brewmaster's Warehouse, so it apparently handles a little differently from the red metal one I was used to.
I checked on the inserts that grip the neck. They are not removable, nor do they have any burrs on them. I guess I just squoze too hard
-Joe