Well !&@%!

[fargo234]

I'm thinking 12 years is about the limit for reuse on these things.

 

[chumpsteak]

What? You never heard of super glue? I think I can fix that....

 

[onthekeg]

quitter. Get some kegs, they cap easier.

 

[DoubleAught]

Bottling for 12 years? Ouch...I withstood a year

 

[Xpertskir]

quitter. Get some kegs, they cap easier.

lol, I knew I wanted to keg before cleaning and capping one bottle. Cant imagine how many bottles you've cleaned and capped without kegging.

 

[Stauffbier]

This started to happen to me as well. It was actually the capper that went bad, although I hadn't been brewing for 12 years like you. I got a bench capper, and the problem stopped!

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Yeah. You should definitely keg. It's so much cheaper.

 

[emjay]

This started to happen to me as well. It was actually the capper that went bad, although I hadn't been brewing for 12 years like you. I got a bench capper, and the problem stopped!

This. I broke so many bottles helping a friend bottle a couple of his batches with a wing capper. Granted, he was using twist- off bottles, but the point is that wing cappers put that kind of force on bottles. Bench cappers are so much nicer to use and don't have this problem.

 

[onthekeg]

True. But why move to a bench capper when the goal is to quit bottling? I am aware, not everyone shares my goals and aspirations.

 

[emjay]

True. But why move to a bench capper when the goal is to quit bottling? I am aware, not everyone shares my goals and aspirations.

Like you kind of implied, he never said that was his goal

And honestly, it's always good to have a decent capper. Even most keggers tend to bottle some of their stuff, whether it's a few bottles from each batch, or entire batches of certain beers (eg Belgians). Even better is to get a combination capper/corker.

 

[DoubleAught]

Like you kind of implied, he never said that was his goal

And honestly, it's always good to have a decent capper. Even most keggers tend to bottle some of their stuff, whether it's a few bottles from each batch, or entire batches of certain beers (eg Belgians). Even better is to get a combination capper/corker.

I still bottle "special" brews...Belgians and the sort, or if my kegs are full and even a good corker sucks....

 

[onthekeg]

Like you kind of implied, he never said that was his goal

And honestly, it's always good to have a decent capper. Even most keggers tend to bottle some of their stuff, whether it's a few bottles from each batch, or entire batches of certain beers (eg Belgians). Even better is to get a combination capper/corker.

I hear ya there. Never know when something is "competition ready" IMHO either.
I still use the old pot metal POS with my first brew kit in the 90's though. Won't be long and that will be broke though.

 

[Stauffbier]

True. But why move to a bench capper when the goal is to quit bottling? I am aware, not everyone shares my goals and aspirations.

Who's goal is to quit bottling? If it's yours, then more power to you. Perhaps kegging isn't an option for everyone. The OP might want to continue bottling, so a helpful recommendation to try a bench capper might be more realistic than spitting out "just start kegging!"....

 

[emjay]

and even a good corker sucks....

meh. I hardly have a super-expensive floor corker, but my Super Collona capper/corker does both just fine. It's a bit more work if you're using all sorts of different-sized bottles, but otherwise it's a breeze.

 

[Revvy]

quitter. Get some kegs, they cap easier.

Jesus christ, does someone ALWAYS have to mention kegging in a bottling thread?

The answer or comment in every bottling thread doesn't HAVE to be keg by some overzealous kegger.

I'm building a kegerator for christsakes and I STILL can't understand why some folks feel the need to interject kegging comments where bottling discussions are going on......It usually has NO bearing on the discussion at hand, and it's kinda rude....

We're pretty intelligent here, so I'M SURE we all might have heard of them, especially since this IS called the bottling/kegging section , I'm sure it's in our awareness, so we aren't "helped" by someone mentioning it.....

Not everyone has the means to keg. Not everyone thinks kegging is the "natural next step in brewing evolution." And some folks who keg ALSO understand that some beers should be bottle conditioned, and will STILL bottle on occasion....

 

[kh54s10]

Yeah. You should definitely keg. It's so much cheaper.

Really???

Bottles = free
Priming sugar = maybe a dollar
caps = about 50 cents.

Kegging = Ice chest $100
kegs = about $40 each
Beer lines = ?
regulator
co2 tank
replacement o rings
keg lube
taps
wood for the zeezer
etc etc etc.

I can bottle for decades before I will pay as much.

Can't wait until I can get into kegging! Fermentation chamber first though.

 

[onthekeg]

Who's goal is to quit bottling? If it's yours, then more power to you. Perhaps kegging isn't an option for everyone. The OP might want to continue bottling, so a helpful recommendation to try a bench capper might be more realistic than spitting out "just start kegging!"....

Meh, everyone has dreams. If there were HD Kegs with 3D I would be telling everyone they are the best. Of course, I would be buying the cheap kegs no one wants. Its all perspective. Just settin a Tone..

 

[emjay]

Really???

Bottles = free
Priming sugar = maybe a dollar
caps = about 50 cents.

Kegging = Ice chest $100
kegs = about $40 each
Beer lines = ?
regulator
co2 tank
replacement o rings
keg lube
taps
wood for the zeezer
etc etc etc.

I can bottle for decades before I will pay as much.

Can't wait until I can get into kegging! Fermentation chamber first though.

Pretty sure they were being sarcastic.

 

[onthekeg]

Really???

Bottles = free
Priming sugar = maybe a dollar
caps = about 50 cents.

Kegging = Ice chest $100
kegs = about $40 each
Beer lines = ?
regulator
co2 tank
replacement o rings
keg lube
taps
wood for the zeezer
etc etc etc.

I can bottle for decades before I will pay as much.

Can't wait until I can get into kegging! Fermentation chamber first though.

Was it me or did you correct yourself at the end? I am known to sip..

 

[Revvy]

Really???

Bottles = free
Priming sugar = maybe a dollar
caps = about 50 cents.

Kegging = Ice chest $100
kegs = about $40 each
Beer lines = ?
regulator
co2 tank
replacement o rings
keg lube
taps
wood for the zeezer
etc etc etc.

I can bottle for decades before I will pay as much.

Can't wait until I can get into kegging! Fermentation chamber first though.

Yeah I have over a grand in my keezer build for everything you mention...An I STILL can't understand why folks have to comment about kegging in bottling threads.

 

[SledgeH]

I'd still drink that beer. AND continue bottling.

 

[emjay]

I'd still drink that beer. AND continue bottling.

Little glass bits are probably in the beer... it's really not worth risking.

 

[Stauffbier]

Little glass bits are probably in the beer... it's really not worth risking.

That's what coffee filters are for! :rockin:

EDIT: But seriously, I didn't drink mine when that happened for the same reason...

 

[Revvy]

I'm thinking 12 years is about the limit for reuse on these things.

Yeah, they don't make things like they used to, eh?

You need some of THESE bad boys from the 70's, you could probably shoot them and they wouldn't break. And they're pints too.

 

[DoubleAught]

That's what coffee filters are for! :rockin:

EDIT: But seriously, I didn't drink mine when that happened for the same reason...

Thats right

 

[Revvy]

Apparently it is past onthekegs bedtime!

LOL...The irony is I'm working on my keezer build.

I like your avatar. Cool crest.

 

[Stauffbier]

LOL...The irony is I'm working on my keezer build.


I like your avatar. Cool crest.

Haha! I'm hoping to build a keezer by fall, but I'll always bottle, as well!

Thanks on the avatar. So much made sense when I found out my family crest had a goblet on it!

 

[homebrewdad]

True. But why move to a bench capper when the goal is to quit bottling? I am aware, not everyone shares my goals and aspirations.

Yeah, somebody who has been bottling for twelve years never thought about kegging. I'm sure that is now the OP's goal, since that cheap piece of crap bottle broke after a short twelve years.

Why is it that when keggers post about leaving taps open (lose the entire batch), or having a bad fitting (lose the entire batch), or various issues with length of lines (irritation at the least), that bottlers don't come running to smugly inform them that if they would only bottle, these issues wouldn't exist?

Of course, if they did that, it would be the same thing that you are doing - trolling. Kegging is awesome. Some of us happen to feel the same way about bottling, or can see the pros and cons of both.

Be a pal, will you? Stick to giving kegging advice in threads where such advice is sought. Otherwise, pipe down.

 

[homebrewdad]

Haha! I'm hoping to build a keezer by fall, but I'll always bottle, as well!

Thanks on the avatar. So much made sense when I found out my family crest had a goblet on it!

It *is* a cool crest... lol @ making sense. That is awesome.

 

[Stauffbier]

pipe down.

Spoken like a true father of a bunch of kids! :rockin:

It *is* a cool crest... lol @ making sense. That is awesome.

Thanks!