Questions tagged [bottling]
The process of moving beer or wine in to bottles and sealing them for later consumption.
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How many ounces of beer are in the typical 12oz bottle?
Assuming that a "12 oz bottle" means that the bottle filled to the brim holds 12 ounces then how many ounces do most breweries put in a bottle?
Does the difference between the bottle size and actual ...
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Using mason jars to bottle in?
Has anyone used mason jars to bottle in? What were your results if so? They are being sealed like when you can, so I'm especially curious if they hold pressure well.
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Bad Batch after a brewing break of 20 years
I just tried my first batch of Pliny the Elder after not brewing for some time,and it was a disaster. I decided to try brewing in a bag. I was a little short of beer after the fermentation. I did not ...
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Can I lager in bottles?
I am planning to do a lager this winter, since I don't have a good way of controlling temperature, I was wondering if it is possible to bottle it with priming sugar, and then lager it? Or should I ...
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Is my final gravity too high for bottling?
I am making an Irish Red Ale, unfortunately I forgot to take a starting gravity reading before putting the beer into primary fermentation (primary fermentation was done at 68 °F +/- a few). ...
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Can beer become oxidized in the bottle?
I am asking this because we have a situation where a perfectly good pilsner suddenly dramatically changed after it was bottled into a hazy, oxidized, hoppy mess. It was for a beer competition where ...
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Bottling a Doom Bar clone at high SG
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I have brewed a Doom Bar clone. I was aiming at an Original gravity of 1.045 but only managed 1.041. Unfortunately I lost temperature in the ferment and it stuck at 1.020 after 7 days and has ...
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Stopping fermentation in soft drinks
Does anyone know how they manage to stop all these (naturally) fermented drinks sold commercially from fermenting once they are bottled? I’ve seen kombucha bottles coming from another part of the ...
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What is the white film on my beer in my bottles?
I brewed a double batch of IPA with a buddy about 8 weeks ago.
We split this into two 5 gallon pails and 2 weeks later into two carboys. His was fine, but mine developed a bit of white stuff on ...
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Add campden and bottle right away or should I wait?
I know that we should add campden before bottling wine. My question is, I need to add it 1 day prior to bottling or can I add campden and bottle right away. I am afraid of cork popping because if I ...
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Is it possible to cork screw-top wine bottles?
Do normal corks and normal corkers work with them? Is there a greater risk of breaking the neck of the bottle during corking?
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Not homebrewing, but I need help bottling for medical issues
I’m not home brewing anything but I recently got some swing top glass bottles with the idea that I could put my store bought sodas in them. I have many medical issues & one of them causes chronic ...
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Carbonation Drops vs. Sugar?
I'm brewing my very first batch with an actual kit (I've used Mr. Beer before with decent results and wanted to do it right).
I bought a recipe kit from Northern Brewer and I opted for the Cooper's ...
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Can I use sodium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate together before bottling?
I had fermented mango wine weeks back. After a week I did my first racking to remove pulp. The Brix value is not moving down so assuming fermentation is over, I'm planning to bottle it. Initially, ...
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Activity in fermenter has increased suddenly after 2 weeks, why?
I'm a total beginner and really appreciative of any advice here. I'm making a 1 gallon batch of IPA from a kit. I brewed 16 days ago, and in the first 48 hours of the wort being in the fermenter it ...
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Dimple in cork persisting after corking
I bottled my wine bottles with a Portuguese floor corker, but the dimple is still in the agglomerated cork after a year.
I was told to:
Wait three weeks with the bottle upright.
Store a year with the ...
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Flat beer after bottling
After 6 weeks in bottles my doppel bock is flat. Do I dump this batch and start over, or is there a way to salvage it?
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How can I fill bottles from a keg and maintain pressure
I've been kegging for awhile now, but I still haven't managed to successfully fill bottles from my kegs without losing all pressure.
I don't have a counter pressure beer filler or a Blichmann Beer ...
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Lack of fermentation after racking to secondary
After 3 weeks in fermenter, doppel bock went from O.G. 1.067 to 1.013, still bubbling occasionally, but not changing. However, after racking to secondary I see no fermentation or bubbling and wonder ...
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No tap in my bucket, when should I move to the bottling one?
I'm coming back to homebrew after 20 years. When I started, everybody used to transfer the beer for another vessel for a secondary fermentation.
My old kit has two buckets and I'm fermenting it in the ...
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Proper method for using this sort of swing-top when bottling?
First time brewer here... I have swing-tops that affix to used bottles via this sort of band:
I am wondering if I am utilizing it correctly or if there is a trick or something for wrapping the band ...
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How do I know when bottle carbonation is done?
So this is my first attempt at brewing my own beer. I am using a kit from
http://craftabrew.com/collections/starter-kits/products/starter-kit-bone-dry-irish-stout-2
I just bottled the brew last ...
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Unconsumed yeast nutrients before bottling
I have a batch of a brown ale (15L) from a kit, where after some weeks, I got 1.016 and the fermentation stopped. To restart the fermentation I added two teaspoons of yeast nutrients. After one day, ...
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Champagne/Cider Remuage: Why not just place the bottle upside down (90 degrees)?
I'm making hard sparkling apple cider using the Champagne method (re-fermenting on the bottle for carbonation). This year I will try the full method of also removing the yeast lees from the bottle ...
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Should I be worried about bottle bombs?
I did a five gallon batch of an Irish Red, allowed it to go through primary fermentation for ten days, transferred it to secondary for 7 days, then bottled. The recipe called for 3.64 Oz of priming ...
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What "problems" can I have if I bottle just one week fermented beer?
last Saturday (11/09/2010) I brewed a Blonde Ale and pitched US-05 yeast. Today there are only few bubles in airlock, so I think since Blonde Ale is a simple style I could bottle in next Sunday (19/09/...
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Can I vacuum my primary fermenter headspace for an extended period?
I have a 12 gallon stainless steel vessel with 10 gal. of pinot noir in it. I racked it once and it has been sitting for 6 months or so.
I keep the 2gal of headspace full of CO2. Everything seems to ...
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Chlorine taste in 3 batches 🤬
I’m new here, but wondering if any of you guys & Girls help!
I’ve been brewing for about a year and done over 20 brews of various different beers mainly PA’s and IPA’s using a Grainfather. For ...
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Chocolate stout stuck at 1021
I'm brewing a bulldog chocolate stout 'Easter brew' as per the instructions. 4.2kg of malt extract alone, 23L, one packet of dried yeast. OG 1058, the generic bulldog instructions just say get it to ...
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How can I rebottle my kombucha without losing carbonation?
I've been giving brewing my own kombucha a try, following this guide. It's been going well, and I've made it all the way through my first batch! \o/
The one bit where I differed from the guide was in ...
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Boiling bottle caps
I've always soaked my bottle caps in sanitizer before using, but a friend of mine suggested boiling (throw in the same pot with priming sugar) instead because the cooties can theoretically hide from ...
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Can I bottle room temperature beer with a beer gun from a pressurized Fermentasaurus or Fermzilla?
I am currently fermenting an IPA at room temperature in a Fermentasaurus. It has built up a nice bit of pressure which is carbonating my beer, GREAT! Nature: awesome.
Now I've been looking at better ...
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I accidentally put the wrong batch in the fridge
I bottle multiple batches every other weekend. I accidentally grabbed a wrong batch that was bottled with chico only a couple days before and put it into the fridge. I had not noticed until 2 weekes ...
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specific gravity too high to bottle?
I recently brewed the Brewer's Best Milk Stout, which uses LME plus lactose and maltodextrin. The original gravity was 1.060, which is within the specs for offered in the instructions. Now after about ...
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Should I add yeast when bottling an IPA after sitting in secondary for 1.5 months
I'm VERY new to homebrewing. This is my first 5gal batch. I moved from primary to secondary after 1-2 weeks. I then (due to life, work, forgetting to order bottles) have left the beer in the secondary ...
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Blichmann QuickCarb and Bottling
I used this Quickcarb to carbonate my beer, but when bottled (with a BeerGun) I get too much foam in the bottle and almost no beer, after finally filling the bottle I tap it. And when I try my beer it ...
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30° Celsius bottle conditioning. How bad is it?
I have a problem my house is getting super hot during the summer, cannot find cool place to store my beer. I made a little insulated chamber but I seem not working at all. Recently I brewed an ale and ...
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Apple cider cloudy
I made my primary fermentation since 25 days ago SG was 1.100 ( bubbling was stopped since 2nd week), today I’m going to move the cider to secondary the Gravity is about 0.980 but the cider is still ...
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Bottling in Aluminum Coors Light Pint Cans?
I have several aluminum Coors Light Pint cans with screw-top caps. I haven't tried to bottle with them yet. Has anyone else successfully bottled in these cans?
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How to avoid SCOBY in the Kombucha bottle? (second fermentation)
I am a kombucha brewer, and for a long time I have been trying to avoid SCOBY formation in the bottle during the second fermentation.
Does anyone know some way to do this?
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Do yeast die after bottling?
Do yeast die after bottling?
My second batch of beer have been stored in bottles over a month now without producing any co2.
I want to add some priming sugar to start the fermentation again, but I'm ...
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Bottle a beer that was stuck at fermentation?
6 Months ago I attempted a KBS Clone.
Beer uses chocolate, coffee, bourbon soaked oak.
I got 1.090 OG and got stuck at 1.032, but it tastes really good (Can chocolate make it appear higher?)
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Bottling Advice
I am bottling my first wine soon. However, I am not sure if I should invest in a winged corker, or a floor corker. What are the pros and cons of each, and which should I invest in?
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Over-primed for bottle conditioning. How many days to blow off carbonation before allowing to resume?
Alright, so I've gone and over-primed a 5 gallon amber batch when bottling. Surprisingly, there is limited solid information available so I figured I would ask for feedback and then post the results ...
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How can I prime for bottle conditioning without oxidizing the beer?
I'm probably being too paranoid here, but what's the best way to make sure the priming sugar (I tend to use corn sugar boiled in a few cups of water for 5 minutes and then cooled) is thoroughly mixed ...
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Swing-top bottles leaking carbonation
I purchased a 12 pack of swing-top bottles at a decent price. I only now noticed that over time as I drank through the batch, the bottles were less and less carbonated, ranging from perfect ...
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How do you feel about Swing Top wine bottles?
The question says it all. I am sure they are great for wines that will be consumed young, but what about for wines you are going to store for longer periods of time? Months, years?
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Is it wise to dissolve priming sugar or gelatin in water the day before adding it to the beer?
One of the biggest time consumers I have on bottling day is cooling down the sugar to room temperature. So I have been thinking about sanitizing a small container the day before bottling, dissolve the ...
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Carbonation dissipates very quickly after opening bottled beer
I finished a German Wheat beer that I kettle soured and then I made a franken-beer shandy with a couple of gallons of the leftover wort. Neither of these beers seems to have kept their carbonation.
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Brewer's Best Conditioning Tabs
Does anyone know how long it takes for these to carbonate a 12 oz bottle?
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