Emily Capper Issue

[matthewrozon]

This is my first post here. So hi everyone.
I picked up the emily capper today with some caps in order to test them on my bottles before bottling day next week.

My problem: I have some 500ml bottles from a german dunkel and when I try to cap them it doesn't seat properly and the bottom of the bottle slides out. The end result is only one side of cap gets crimped and therefore isn't solid.

Is this something that i'm doing wrong? is it a problem with the equipment?

please help?

I can return it and get a bench capper tomorrow if needed, please let me know

 

[day_trippr]

If the bottles don't have a molded "collar" in the right place, hand-capping can be problematic at best.

The versatility of a good bench capper is hard to beat...

Cheers!

 

[JeepDiver]

A lot of European bottles a slightly smaller and need a different size cap

 

[matthewrozon]

Thanks guys,
I'm going to bring the bottle with me tomorrow to my LHBS and see whats what.

 

[pohldogg]

The half liter bottles have a thicker neck and the jaws of the emily capper don't grip correctly. If you have the red capper then you can remove the metal jaws and flip them around. There is a cutout for the neck on each side, one for 12/22 oz bottles and one for thicker necks like champagne.