Questions tagged [bottles]
Glass or plastic containers used to store finished beer or wine.
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Sterilizing flip-top bottles in the oven, sealing for later use
I've stocked up on Grolsch bottles long time ago for storing fermented drinks (specifically kvas), but barely used them because of the need to deep clean them before and after every use. It would much ...
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Is there a Grolsch flip-top bottle shortage?
This is a little off-topic to the process, but more about supplies for the process.
I thought I could pick up some cheap, used, Grolsch bottles online, until I started looking at the prices. On Etsy ...
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Is it OK to bottle condition using previously contaminated bottles?
Almost a year ago I made a saison batch that got contaminated, I stored it out of sight(without emptying them) and forgot about it.
Suppose I empty the bottle now, wash them good and sanitize them ...
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Transporting over carbonated glass bottles
At last spring I brewed a batch of belgian ale that turned to be highly over carbonated. It comes out of bottle quite merrily, but so far none of the bottles have exploded or even leaked by themself.
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can I carbonate a keg with my own cider
I have a no of kegs both 50L and 30L kegs from my own private bar ,I'm just wondering if I can carbonate my own cider in the keg similar to carbonating to the bottles of cider
cheers and thanks in ...
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How do I stop my damson cordial from starting to ferment?
Anyone ever made Damson cordial ?
I am very new to making cordials and as I have a high yield of damsons usually, I am just trying to see if cordial is an option rather than just wine and liqueur, ...
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Pet bottles force-carbonation
I use to prime my PET bottles with dextrose and carbonation is usually good. My last batch did not carbonate well (for reasons that I am investigating...), I will fix this, but my question is about ...
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Fat residues on bottles or glasses, causing bad head retension: how to dissolve and remove it?
I have a rather concrete issue for those of you well versed in the chemical sciences:
The situation
I know for a fact that most of the bottles I am using have been contaminated on the inside with ...
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Bubbles within glass
Hello. I have been brewing for a few months and your advice has been extremely valuable. Thanks.
I have a question about glass bottles such as this one in the photo. I bleach them between use and ...
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PET Bottle shelf life
I have my first brew now in the primary and fermenting away for approaching 48 hours now. I plan to leave it there for 3 weeks rather than risk amateur mistakes for the small benefits secondary ...
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How to clean bottles used for homebrewing few times?
I've used bottles few times to bottle home beer. Recently I've found that inside them there are small spots that remain there even if I rinse them with water.
Should I worry about them? It's safe to ...
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Making my first batch, but don't have bottles
I'm making my first batch of beer to try out brewing. The kit I have produces 20 pints but unfortunately I don't have bottles to put the beer into afterwards.
Is there any other way of storing the ...
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Cleaning Many PET Bottles
How do I clean my set (>30) of PET bottles? I'm dealing with dried beer and yeast residue from my previous batch. I doubt I can use hot water, since it would deform the plastic. Do I need to scrub ...
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Bottling hard ginger beer
A few months back, BYO had an article about hard sodas including hard ginger beer. It talked about the necessity of using strengthened bottles with caged tops (ie. like champagne bottles) due to level ...
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Recycling Screw-top Bottles for Homebrew
With my budget being somewhat limited I can only really afford to put my wine into sanitised used bottles from store bought wine, rather than proper bottles with corks. My main concern is oxidation ...
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