My beer is super flat 100% of the time! Losing my sanity!

[BigPerm]

The bottles tend to get stuck in the capper, and I have to wiggle it out. I wonder if this is pulling the cap off a bit.

Grease the area with a little keg lube. That might solve it.

 

[Agtronic]

Never tried the wing capper, but will definitely be trying something different this time around. I'll try a few things and will keep everyone posted.

Thanks again!

 

[Sailingeric]

It does not help this issue but my couple beers I have done I have bottled one bottle in a clear bottle so I can see what is going on so I can be disappointed sooner than later.

 

[OleGoatBrewing]

Option 2... start kegging

Brew up a batch, see if you one of your buddies can force carb a keg for you and decide if you want to make the investment.

 

[Kyle1111]

So your stout was perfectly carbed? When you said it was one of your last bottles and the first of the batch, did you mean it was the first bottle from one of the batches you have bottled most recently? I remember you said you put more priming sugar into one batch to see if that was the problem. Was it this one? If that's the case, I would say invest in a scale and adjust your priming sugar amounts for the temperature of the beer.

I love the balloon idea, that's awesome. I was going to suggest re-bottling a commercial beer or soda and opening it a week or 2 later to see if it's a capper/bottle problem but the balloon trick seems much more fun!

 

[brewbama]

Don't be so quick to keg. I never had carb issues with bottles but can't seem to get my kegs carbed worth a crap.


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[beerme70]

For those who asked, I use a variety of bottles. 22oz, 12oz Sierra Nevada bottles, 12oz Dogfish bottles, some German Bitburger bottles, some Anchor bottles etc ... All have the same issue.

Lose the Bitburger bottles. I had a friend give me something like 4 cases of them. The tops are a smidge too small and the caps won't seal.