I recently fell in love with Green Flash's Double stout. I noticed their bottles feel significantly heavier than all my other bottles, and in looking online found this press release. I know many of the 750 ml bottles I've purchased feel more substantial as well, and Maredsous 8 I seem to recall being heavier (and smaller), but is there reason to choose specific bottles for specific brews, ignoring the presentation aspect? I expect that higher pressure would only be related …

I'm planning to use recycled Corona bottles to pack some juice I'm producing, but to put my own logo on these bottles, I want to remove the original printed brand. In my city, and even in my whole country there is no recycling plants so there is basically nowhere to get help. I tried using paint thinner, paint remover, acetone, and brushing, only the last one worked but the bottle was unsuable after that. So, the question: HOW TO REMOVE …

tl;dr: Almost half of my pale beers have trouble carbonating in the bottle, being almost uncarbonated after 2 weeks I don't think I have ever had this issue with a dark ale or porter. Details I've been brewing for the better part of a year now, doing a weekly small batch brew. I've been brewing a mix of pale and darker ales/ porters. All of my beers use some protafloc for clarity All of my beers use some Clarity Ferm …

I had a very nice sour beer that had lactobacillus in it and was wondering if I can clean and reuse the bottle? I have not made any sour beers yet but I've read you should keep separate brewing equipment when making them because even the most conscientious cleaner and sanitiser can't be confident of killing it all. Can I reuse the bottle for beer that doesn't contain lactobacillus? I have a dishwasher if that helps? Would the steam cycle …

My first ever batch is going fine and next weekend I will bottle my first beer. I can get this type of bottles for cheap (no need to buy capper, and caps). http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/german-beer-bottle-suhas-tavkar.jpg They are single use. Is this type of bottle good for bottling beer (priming sugar etc)? I'm a bit scared that the gasses might escape from such a bottle.

First time brewer. I have my beer in the bottle (for about 8 days now). Things are good -- yeast is precipitating out. The instructions that came with the kit suggested to put 1 bottle's worth of beer in a PET plastic bottle instead of glass -- and when the PET bottle is firm to the touch (i.e. you can't really squeeze it anymore), the beer is carbonated. The plastic bottle has gotten to this point, but the kit said …

The general caution I read when I started this batch of cider was to not do flavoring during fermentation as to avoid off taste weirdness. So my cider is now fermented and I'd like to keep it dry but would like to add some flavoring. Potentially ginger. I have carbonation drops that I plan to use for carbonation, I figure these will impart some sweetness by themselves whether I like it or not. But in terms of adding flavoring, what …

After 7 days in bottle I find out a white film at the top of the beer. This film isn't in every bottle, just in 1/3 of batch. I openned one and it's tasted good. I need to know if it's an infection or a normal issue of bottle's fermentation. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bze0KzJYRKm5aUd0ZFJwYUFFRFNuWHpFd0lWSk5kOWxLTDBv

I have brewed a Brewferm Christmas beer. I have been brewing on and off for 20+ years but I don't try complicated things. My first mistake was not reading that this particular beer requires no extra sugar to ferment. Si after I added the extra sugar, I also added extra water to match. I hoped that I would be simply stretching the flavour out over more beer but that everything else would be ok. I bottled the beer once fermentation …

I have some 'sugar carbonated' cider with sediment in the bottom of each bottle. I would like to transport the cider via car to another location (for a party). Is it likely that moving the cider will disturb the sediment? If the sediment is disturbed, how long will I need to leave it at the new location before the sediment will re-settle? (Hours / Days / Weeks) What do other cider makers do if they decide to transport home brew …

I use 1 litre swing-top bottles to make kombucha. Yes, I know it's not really homebrew in some people's eyes, but I figured someone here could help. Depending on what ingredients I use, sometimes I have a bottle with a lot more than the usual amount of pressure. (Usually, I can just pop it right open.) With these higher-pressure ones, I have to manually hold the top open ever so slightly to bleed off the pressure, or open it suddenly …

I'm brewing lager for the first time. Primary fermentation is completed in 2 weeks without anything negative under 8-10 Celcius. But after putting it to the secondary fermenter it seems my fridge has broken when I was away. I think the temp was around-23-25 C after fridge broke down. Perhaps it stayed like this around 2 weeks. Should I pour it to toilet? Or should I bottle it? Thanks for responses.

my dad and uncle are homebrewers and they desperately need a labeler. They've talked about getting one before but have more important things to get first in order to perfect their beer. So for Christmas, I'd like to get them one so they can stop using paper and glue. On bottling day, they bottle about 100 bottles and they bottle probably once every 2 weeks. If anyone has any suggestions as to which labeler would work best for them, I'd …

I brewed a batch of beer about 3 weeks ago, and I was told to test the gravity prior to bottling to make sure it is ready. My question is, will I do any harm by opening the fermentation bucket in order to collect a sample to test with. I do understand the principals around proper sanitisation. I'm more concerned with introducing oxygen into the fermentation bucket if its not ready yet and I have to wait some more. Is …

Premise As a chemical engineering student, I tried my best to avoid any chemical at all (When they say trust me, you should never do so). As such, I resorted to steam to sanitize my fermenter and bottles. However, the steam comes out of the household appliance with a plastic scent to it. I know, by fact, that this indicates a presence of plastic degradation molecules: however, I still tried sanitizing a part of the bottles this way as the …

Brewed an Oatmeal Stout and it has been in bottles for about 4 weeks now and still the bottles haven't carbonated. Tried the first bottle after 2 weeks and it was very flat. Now I just opened one after another 2 weeks and still no head at all but it doesn't taste as flat as before. Anything I can do? Unfortunately I do not have a kegging system. It tastes awesome just a little flat which is disappointing as this …

I brewed my first batch of kit beer that required a kind of "secondary fermentation". That is after it was done fermenting I transferred it to another carboy and added the bourbon barrel wood chips. After 4 weeks, bottled it with recommended priming sugar. This is my first failure in brewing beer. After over 3 weeks it has no/zero fizz. The beer is ok but without the co2 it is not good. Any ideas on: What went wrong? What killed …

At the moment I'm sanitizing bottles by submerging them in sanitizing solutions (and letting them fill of course), and then running them through the dishwasher with no detergent/etc. The dishwasher doesn't have a 'sanitize' option so this last stage is probably superfluous... I probably need to buy a bottle tree to store the bottles. Would it be okay to sanitize the bottles a day beforehand? or should I really keep to doing it a matter of minutes /hour before bottling? …

I'm looking for a 5 gallon metal can (aluminum, galvanized, etc) to store drinking water. Old milk cans will be just fine. Is there a store which sells these kind of things? I live in Irvine.

So after two weeks of primary and secondary fermentation, I racked my beer and put it in the fridge by mistake. It has been in there for about 5 days. It's my first brew. I took them out and put them in a cellar for now. Is my beer ruined? Thanks in advance! )(J IPA 1Gallon Batch. Wyeast American Ale 1056