Crown capper and fizz!

[golder247]

Hi there

I thought I was being smart by getting a cheap hammer type capper and apart from losing two bottles was moderately impressed with the look and all but I found that I was very nervous and couldn't whack the bottle clean and hard enough to get the cap on in one. It seemed to knock the fizz out of the beer, have I buggered the beer by losing the dissolved CO2 and will it come back?

I have bought a lever capper now but wouldn't mind knowing if my first crown cappede brew is doomed?

 

[Kev888]

Hi,

generally it wouldn't matter, as with priming (or bottling slightly before the very end of primary) the carbonation happens after bottling. But if you're bottling pre-carbonated beer from a keg you can definately lose some carbonation so i guess smacking it before the bottle is fully sealed wouldn't help that; chilling the beer as much as possible before hand will help retain carbonation though.

I don't think that the beer would be doomed though, maybe just a bit flat.

Cheers
kev

 

[tazuk]

crown cappers table ones only about 27 squid ment to be brill if you got loads to do
this type :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Counter-Top-Cappe ... 2a0b5fca8b

 

[golder247]

I did look at the table ones, bit of a cheap skate though as you may have guessed. My lever capper looks like it will be the nuts now, have to wait and see how it turns out. I did think less fizzy would be the result. Still cheaper and tastier can't be bad :)

Thanks guys!