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Variations in Recycled Crown Bottles
I have noticed diffenences in bottle necks which may affect my capping.
I was merrily capping away with standard 12 oz bottles with my red baron
I decided to bottle hard cider in green bottles, ...
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Forgot bottle capper - priming interrupted
I was all ready to bottle up my IPA last night (and yes, since this is StackExchange, I named the brew "IPAddress"). Everything got sanitized, bottles were de-labeled, the whole nine yards. I boil the ...
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Breaking bottles when capping them
I've got a two-handled handheld capper. Twice, I've snapped the neck while trying to put the cap onto a bottle. Considering how few bottles I've actually capped, that's a failure rate of over 5%. Is ...
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Where can I get custom crown caps in the UK?
I've been looking around trying to find anywhere that can print low-volume (50-100) runs of custom crown caps. Found loads of US sites but nothing in the UK. Any ideas?
Cheers!
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Can you cap J. Roget Champagne Bottles with bottle caps?
I have capped several different champagne bottles with 29mm bottle caps, but the 29mm caps seem to fit too loosely on a case of J. Roget Champagne bottles I just picked up.
I was having troubles ...
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How exactly do you “cap on foam”?
This appears to be a term many are familiar with, but how exactly do you cause the beer to foam prior to capping? I use a spring-loaded filler rod, which always results in about an inch of head ...
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How can I bottle using corks?
After downing a bottle of Saison Dupont last night and wishing to re-use the bottle, I wondered if any home brewers have "capped" their brews using corks?
The bottle looks like it might be re-usable ...
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Can the plastic caps on PET bottles be re-used?
My brew kit came with 750mL plastic (PET) bottles & screw-on caps, which I've used. The "safety seals" are broken, but I thought they were more an indicator of product tampering than a functional ...
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What are the steps in recapping overcarbonated beer?
What are the steps involved in recapping a bottle of beer for any reason (e.g. if too much priming sugar is added, if a cap appears to be defective or failing, etc)?
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Best Crown Capper
Just capped my first batch of beer (Wohoo!).
When I invested in my equipment though, I think I was a bit too frugal with my capping tool - I have a hammer on crown capper. It seems to have done the ...
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How tight should bottles be capped?
I've bought a new bottle capper (two-handled hand held capper) and have tried it on a number of different types of (empty) beer bottles.
It works okay, but I've noticed that none of the caps seem to ...
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Can a twist-off bottle be capped?
Out of curiosity (and appreciation for Boulevard's bottle's form-factor), can a twist-off bottle be reliably capped?
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Is it safe to use swing-tops?
I just started brewing my first batch (yay!) and want to set up for bottling while I wait. My question is simple: Can I start using Swing-Tops like Grolsch to bottle my beer?
I've heard varying ...
