r055c0
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I've noticed that my last few brews have lacked a bit of fizz, something I had attributed to the fact that I am cold crashing before bottling now (I had guessed less yeast in suspension = slower carbonation times) and assumed the fizz would pick up over the next few weeks, but I handed out a few bottles to some work mates a couple of days ago and got back reports of bottles slowly emptying themselves if left lying on thier sides. A shake and listen reveals the crown seals are leaking (slowly but enough to half empty a bottle).
I've been brewing for 5 years now and have always used a mix of brigalow and coopers seals, and have never had a broblem in the past. I have a bench top capper set to the same height as it always is, and I use the same bottles for everything as I have a steady supply from the family alcoholic.
All brews affected have been capped with the brigalow crown seals, all purchased at the same time.
So I have two questions:
1 - Is this a bad batch of crown seals? Is it happening to anyone else?
2 - How can I save the 150 + bottles of beer in my garage? Should I just recap them with a different brand of seals? Do I need to add more sugar to get the carb happening again? Will I need to drink all 150 bottles tonight to prevent wasteage???
Any insights would be very much appreciated
I've been brewing for 5 years now and have always used a mix of brigalow and coopers seals, and have never had a broblem in the past. I have a bench top capper set to the same height as it always is, and I use the same bottles for everything as I have a steady supply from the family alcoholic.
All brews affected have been capped with the brigalow crown seals, all purchased at the same time.
So I have two questions:
1 - Is this a bad batch of crown seals? Is it happening to anyone else?
2 - How can I save the 150 + bottles of beer in my garage? Should I just recap them with a different brand of seals? Do I need to add more sugar to get the carb happening again? Will I need to drink all 150 bottles tonight to prevent wasteage???
Any insights would be very much appreciated