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Question about beer bottles
SerScot:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 12, 2018, 11:23:59 PM ---Since Mac is running a microbrewery, it could be that they're pop-off tops that aren't sealed incredibly tight. Mac seems prone to pour workmanship.
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You're going to the punatentary for that one.
Maz:
Coming from a home brewer, you cannot actually have caps that are not tight. You bottle after fermentation (your recipe might call for primary only or primary and secondary fermentation or something even more elaborate). You add a bit of sugar (primer) to the beer and then seal it air tight. The yeast eats the sugar and produces carbon dioxide, which is how you get carbonation in your beer. If the seals weren't air tight and strongly on, you'd have a blow out - the caps would be shot off and the beer ruined. Even if they didn't pop off, your beer would get contaminated. One of the most critical aspects of brewing is absolutely cleanliness - bottles, caps, all your brewing equipment will be cleaned and sanitized, usually using a combination of things such as an oxygen cleaner and/or food acid type disinfectant. Any strain bacteria could instead eat the sugar otherwise and that would lead to skunky, nasty beer.
Talby16:
I think the trick is to vice grip the cap and twist/pull the bottle. If you have a good grip on the cap the metal should not be tearing at the fingers.
SerScot:
Talby16,
--- Quote from: Talby16 on June 13, 2018, 04:18:20 PM ---I think the trick is to vice grip the cap and twist/pull the bottle. If you have a good grip on the cap the metal should not be tearing at the fingers.
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See, Maz's post. That is next to impossible if the beer has been properly sealed.
Talby16:
Should have prefaced my comment with "I can count on one hand the number of drinks I've had in my life."
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