Guinness Extra Stout Bottles

[chemist308]

I have a case of Guinness Extra Stout Bottles that I'm in the process of emptying. I thought they be great to bottle into until I tried my capper on one of them and it had issues with it. The neck of these are slightly different--less space between bottle top and lip for the capper to grab. Is there a capper that will do these?

 

[Iordz]

Which capper do you have? I have used this one to successfully bottle beer in Guniness ES bottles: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=4765

 

[chemist308]

Which capper do you have? I have used this one to successfully bottle beer in Guniness ES bottles: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=4765

The capper I use looks exactly like that. But when I tried using on a Guinness ES bottle it snapped a bit too much at the capping position and required a bit too much pressure to remove.

 

[bradsul]

A bench capper might be able to manage it. I've not actually tried however but they tend to handle a wider range of bottle types.

 

[Chello]

yeah i'v got that same red wing arm caper and have never had a problem with the Guinness Extra Stout bottles

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Add me to the list of wing capers that has used the Guinness bottles with no problem.

 

[iamjonsharp]

I've used a wing capper for those and other weird bottles, but have had a much increased percentage of breaking the bottles. I recommend getting a bench capper if you can spend the money on it. It makes bottling much easier in general, and you don't have to worry about breaking any bottles, even the bottles with weird necks.

-Jon

 

[Evan]

don't Guinness bottles have the widgets (sp?) in them? sounds hard to clearn.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

They sure do. But they are very easy to remove. I believe there is a thread about that as well.

 

[Greggy]

i have the red wing-capper and found the guiness stout bottles tricky to cap, too. I don't use these bottles because I am just not sure of the seal as I am with other bottles.

Greg

 

[jeff967]

Look at the cappers jaws. the metal parts that grab the bottles neck. most have two sides, pull them out and turn them around. and see if it fits better.

 

[stevie]

don't Guinness bottles have the widgets (sp?) in them? sounds hard to clearn.

not extra stout. the guinness "draught" bottles have the widget.

 

[Brakeman_Brewing]

Guinness Extra stout > Draught

Ive used the bottles and some have issues and I just recap a couple times if I really have to

 

[Loweface]

Ha... Guinness on tap in Ireland >>>> Any exported Guinness...

 

[HP_Lovecraft]

Ha... Guinness on tap in Ireland >>>> Any exported Guinness...

But the Guinness on tap in Ireland is "weaker". Brewed to a lower ABV to avoid tax penalties that are based on alchohol amounts.

100 years ago, before the beer tax, Guinness had an ABV of 7-7.5% in Ireland, but now is closer to 4%.

The American version does not suffer from the tax penalty so its closer to the original at 6% ABV. But I've read that all export versions of Guinness are actually extract-based. In America, apparently, Guinness is brewed at Labatts, but using hopped extract from Ireland. odd?

nick