The bottles are a few months old.
Good idea, thanks for the reply.
You're welcome. I'm not saying this will definitely solve your problem but it's worth a try. I would try it on a couple of the flip tops and just standard bottles with crimp tops for the rest of the batch to test this.
The word you are looking for is "Bails". The keg lube seems like a good idea from a mechanical seal perspective.
Were the flip top lids engaged (closed) or dangling on the side (open) when you bought them?
They look vintage and inspire imagery of drinking early 19th century ale, especially with the 22oz size. I tried them briefly but quickly adopted crown cap 12oz for ease of bottling and reliability.
Exponentially easier? Really? Everyone has their preference, but crimp on caps are as easy as it gets.
I got 125 for twenty bucks. Replacing the seals as needed is not a huge expense.
I'm just hung up on the term easier because it implies a level of difficulty. It's not difficult to crimp a cap, it just involves a few additional steps and take a few seconds longer. Both capping methods are perfectly acceptable and just a matter of preference. I prefer crimp on caps because when I started brewing beer, I was able replicate a commercial bottle of beer which I thought was very cool. Also, I enjoy popping off the cap before I drink my beer.
Well, if this
means that about a third of the bottles in the last batch you packaged were carbonated the way you wanted them to be, then it means that you're doing at least some things right. Did you keep track of which bottles worked from one batch to the next? Because unless you really know that these 15 bottles work every time and those 20 bottles never work, then it could still be something else that you're doing. If you do know that you have 15 good bottles and 20 bad bottles, then it should be possible to figure out what's wrong with the bad ones.
This seems like a rather tedious and inefficient way of dealing with mixing. If you're doing an open transfer to a bottling bucket anyway, then just stir the priming sugar into the beer well.
Yes, bench capper made my life easier. Major upgrade to our packaging line once my father-in-law joined the operation.
Interesting. That's something else to consider.
i wouldn't trust these under pressure at all.
I've seen those too.
Oddly enough, all 100+ of my swing top bottles came from commercial beer. Very good commercial beer at that (Schwaben Brau). I do miss that brand…I'm just hung up on the term easier because it implies a level of difficulty. It's not difficult to crimp a cap, it just involves a few additional steps and take a few seconds longer. Both capping methods are perfectly acceptable and just a matter of preference. I prefer crimp on caps because when I started brewing beer, I was able replicate a commercial bottle of beer which I thought was very cool. Also, I enjoy popping off the cap before I drink my beer.
I have seen the seams too. It's the leading theory for me. I haven't tried using Grolsch swing-tops on the brown bottles bought online. It's something to try if they fit.
I’ve used replacement rubber and silicone gaskets, but the rubber ones were much less pliant than the silicone. I used the ones made by Otis for both types.
I see, pliant is a better word. But my experience is different. I found the rubber - or whatever the Grolsch gasket material is - to be more conforming than silicone gaskets.
I’ve never used Grolsch brand bottles. When I swapped my generic swing top bottles’ rubber gaskets for silicone, it was an improvement. Maybe Grolsch gaskets are even better yet?
Thanks for the reply. It's an IPA, so I stirred it in lightly. After opening a few more last, I'm convinced that the bottles I got from Amazon are leaking. My Grolsch bottles and the 12 oz bottles frome the brew supply are good.
These are the bottles I'm having trouble with. One distinctive difference is that the good bottles are very smooth at the sealing area and these are not.
