I had guests over on the weekend, and had two 750ml bottles ready to pour into a pitcher, and enjoy. One bottle was awesome - compliments all around . When I opened the other, the beer started coming out. and coming out. And coming out... white foam. The last time I saw this was with a GBP project, before I learned about sanitation, with re-used plastic bottles.
The beer tasted fine.. but I chucked it anyway. I don't think it's inconsistent priming sugar, as I've been doing the same thing for years. In retrospect, I should have saved some and took the gravity to see what happened.
I was devastated! No longer can I be smug about infections. Luckily, the rest of the batch seems fine. But... I'll now be wondering with each bottle!!!
My cleaning practice is to pre-rinse bottles as soon as I pour them, and put them away. Before bottling, soak for 20 minutes in diversol, rinse in clean water, and then sanitize with Iodophor using a vinator. I've never used a bottle brush.
Now the last thing I want is more work to bottle, but I'm going to grab a bottle brush and go to town on my next bottling. I'll report back to see if, as others have reported, a scary amount of crap comes off the bottles.
No question here! Just sharing my shame!
The beer tasted fine.. but I chucked it anyway. I don't think it's inconsistent priming sugar, as I've been doing the same thing for years. In retrospect, I should have saved some and took the gravity to see what happened.
I was devastated! No longer can I be smug about infections. Luckily, the rest of the batch seems fine. But... I'll now be wondering with each bottle!!!
My cleaning practice is to pre-rinse bottles as soon as I pour them, and put them away. Before bottling, soak for 20 minutes in diversol, rinse in clean water, and then sanitize with Iodophor using a vinator. I've never used a bottle brush.
Now the last thing I want is more work to bottle, but I'm going to grab a bottle brush and go to town on my next bottling. I'll report back to see if, as others have reported, a scary amount of crap comes off the bottles.
No question here! Just sharing my shame!