mr_wibble
Beer Odd
Hi,
I'm a swingtop user, have been since forever, never capped.
The other day I found a case of Dr Smurto's which I thought were empty bottles (750ml swingtops, bought from the HB shop bottles).
After dancing around the house in unbridled joy for a bit, I put a few in the fridge.
Well that night, they were flat.
So I tried more. About 70% of them are flat.
Not completely flat, enough gas to form a meagre head on pour, which quickly disappears.
No bubbly mouth-feel at all.
WTF! The seals look fine, no cracks, etc. But they're some kind of orange silicon(?) seal.
I've not had a problem with my 500ml bottles that have the red rubber seal.
The beer tastes perfect (no off flavours), it just has almost no carbonation.
Is this operator error?
Originally I thought it was because I forgot to add carbonation drops, etc. But there's no way I could have missed this many.
ideas?
thanks,
-kt
I'm a swingtop user, have been since forever, never capped.
The other day I found a case of Dr Smurto's which I thought were empty bottles (750ml swingtops, bought from the HB shop bottles).
After dancing around the house in unbridled joy for a bit, I put a few in the fridge.
Well that night, they were flat.
So I tried more. About 70% of them are flat.
Not completely flat, enough gas to form a meagre head on pour, which quickly disappears.
No bubbly mouth-feel at all.
WTF! The seals look fine, no cracks, etc. But they're some kind of orange silicon(?) seal.
I've not had a problem with my 500ml bottles that have the red rubber seal.
The beer tastes perfect (no off flavours), it just has almost no carbonation.
Is this operator error?
Originally I thought it was because I forgot to add carbonation drops, etc. But there's no way I could have missed this many.
ideas?
thanks,
-kt