turbodonkey
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hi first time poster, be nice!
i have read everywhere that you can use crown seals on screw top glass bottles provided you use a bench capper.
well i have a bench capper and have been saving bottles of ginger beer and apple cider for 6 months now.
it came to bottling day, and i filled 30 odd bottles along with my sugar drops.
then it came to capping them. the instructions say that once capped, i'm to shake the bottle vigorously.
well I did that, and do you think I could stop beer from coming out any of my seals? i just simply couldnt get a single water tight seal on any of my screw top bottles. even before i shook the bottle i just tipped it upside down, and beer would trickle out
what have i done wrong? everywhere I read says this is a no brainer!?
the saddest part is that i decided to do this at 8pm on Sunday, i have 30 bottles sitting here with no lides on them waiting for an answer, otherwise i might have to chuck it all in, buy bottles and start again
i was looking forward to tasting my first brew
i have read everywhere that you can use crown seals on screw top glass bottles provided you use a bench capper.
well i have a bench capper and have been saving bottles of ginger beer and apple cider for 6 months now.
it came to bottling day, and i filled 30 odd bottles along with my sugar drops.
then it came to capping them. the instructions say that once capped, i'm to shake the bottle vigorously.
well I did that, and do you think I could stop beer from coming out any of my seals? i just simply couldnt get a single water tight seal on any of my screw top bottles. even before i shook the bottle i just tipped it upside down, and beer would trickle out
what have i done wrong? everywhere I read says this is a no brainer!?
the saddest part is that i decided to do this at 8pm on Sunday, i have 30 bottles sitting here with no lides on them waiting for an answer, otherwise i might have to chuck it all in, buy bottles and start again
i was looking forward to tasting my first brew