uncappable bottles?

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

I just threw away the first pry off bottle I've thrown away since I started brewing. It was one of those hobgoblin bottles. It looked like you could cap it with a floor capper, but I have the other kind and it was to thick under the cap for it to get a grip on the bottle. It wouldn't have hurt so bad if it had been a 12 oz.

 

[El Pistolero]

I just threw away the first pry off bottle I've thrown away since I started brewing. It was one of those hobgoblin bottles. It looked like you could cap it with a floor capper, but I have the other kind and it was to thick under the cap for it to get a grip on the bottle. It wouldn't have hurt so bad if it had been a 12 oz.

Save that bottle, cuz you're gonna end up getting a bench capper anyway. I just used mine for the first time last night...almost made bottling day tolerable, the capping goes so fast. Plus I capped 35 of those green bottles that my wing capper wouldn't, and a hobgoblin bottle to boot.

 

[Dragonfly]

Hey L P... could I cap one of these

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/beergeek_1875_10160440

with a bench capper??

holla back

 

[El Pistolero]

If I ever develop the cajones to try one of those, I'll let you know.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Do they really make bottling that much easier? I have a concept of how they work, but I don't get how they make it much easier.

 

[El Pistolero]

Do they really make bottling that much easier? I have a concept of how they work, but I don't get how they make it much easier.

Not sure about easier, but it goes much faster, and there's not all that stress waiting for the next bottle to shatter.

 

[justbrewit]

thats why i went to the swing top bottles. i hate capping

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

It's going to drive me to kegging soon, I'm afraid.

 

[AHammer16]

Hey L P... could I cap one of these

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/beergeek_1875_10160440

with a bench capper??

holla back

I dont think you can because that bottle takes a champagne cork and a bale.

 

[Walker]

You should be able to use it. True, it comes with a cork and bale, but the bottle is also lipped and will accept a crown cap just fine. I've been using champagne bottles since 1998, and I've never had an issue capping them with a regular old beer-bottle capper.

-walker

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

You should be able to use it. True, it comes with a cork and bale, but the bottle is also lipped and will accept a crown cap just fine. I've been using champagne bottles since 1998, and I've never had an issue capping them with a regular old beer-bottle capper.

-walker

Hey dude, where ya been? I haven't seen you around here in a while. Do you use a floor capper on those also?

 

[Walker]

I've been really busy at work, so I don't have the time to read/post here as much as I had been doing (which was arguable 'too much' in the first place.)

I use a wing capper (the red or black 2-lever jobbies) for the champagne bottles, but a friend of mine uses a bench capper. Either one works.

I guess I'm not sure what a 'floor capper' even is.

-walker

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

I've been really busy at work, so I don't have the time to read/post here as much as I had been doing (which was arguable 'too much' in the first place.)

I use a wing capper (the red or black 2-lever jobbies) for the champagne bottles, but a friend of mine uses a bench capper. Either one works.

I guess I'm not sure what a 'floor capper' even is.

-walker

Just something I made up!