School Boy Error

[Andybiker]

Hi guys,

Just bottled my first Youngs IPA...

I decided to try batch priming this time.

So, Before starting i decided to buy a tap and bottling wand and fit it to my existing FV, all was going well until i then decided i wanted to batch prime, so i requested an additional FV for my birthday (last week)
however the one i received didnt have a tap (I have since ordered one to put in it) so i syphoned the brew into the new FV leaving all the trub behind, cleaned and Chemsan'd my old FV, added priming sugar and syphoned again back into the old one (didnt really want to transfer twice as this will increase the risk of infection but this FV has a tap for bottling)

Now all was good until i came to bottling and i realised i had left my caps wet when storing last time and when i came to use them some were rusty!!!

By this point i had already added priming sugar solution and had no option but to use the best of the caps and clean as best i could the rusty ones.

The caps were not hugely rusty but certainly not great, i Chemsan'd them as best i could and hopefully they will be good.

Is this likely to cause an infection?

Thanks

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I would be very surprised if they caused a problem as the beer won't come into contact with the caps.
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[Sinktipper]

Chances are they'll be fine. I suppose there's a slight possibility the cap seal might be compromised by the rust?

Years ago, a local shop used to sell dirt cheap Star lager (imported from Nigeria) and the caps were nearly always a bit rusty. Didn't seem to affect the beer at all.

 

[Cwrw666]

I recently started batch priming to see if it was better than bottle priming (it is). If you're using a fairly `sticky' yeast like gervin or SO4 then there's no need to transfer to another FV. Just prime in the FV and give it a stir, being careful that your stirrer doesn't reach the yeast cake. It's working for me.

 

[johncrobinson]

Keep the bottles upright,I dont see a problem then.

At worst an Irn brew note

 

[Andybiker]

Cheers chaps.

I'll give it a taste in a couple of weeks.

Is infected beer obvious? Does it just taste like sh1t3?

 

[Burtie]

I doubt you've much to worry about, you batch primed, sanitised and are bottle conditioning (CO2 etc). Do you know the expected ABV?

Can I just ask, do many people re-use bottle caps?

Since Wilko discontinued selling Bottle Caps I'm now having to buy them online.

I've started to re-use the [current] cap after cleaning the bottle after use (don't use capper, just place it back on the bottle) but I've always (up to now) used a new cap when bottling.

 

[johncrobinson]

I suppose it depends on what its infected with.?

 

[Sinktipper]

Can I just ask, do many people re-use bottle caps?

Since Wilko discontinued selling Bottle Caps I'm now having to buy them online.
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Caps are so cheap it's not worth the risk IMO. Also - maybe I'm heavy handed but my homebrew-type caps deform quite badly when lifted.

 

[MmmmCitra]

Caps are so cheap it's not worth the risk IMO. Also - maybe I'm heavy handed but my homebrew-type caps deform quite badly when lifted.

I did try to reuse my caps, not because i'm tight, honest, but I was trying to do my bit for the environment and reduce the stuff I throw away, however although I was careful when opening a bottle I did have a few reused ones that affected the carbonation of my new beers, a few bottles were flat, so it's a risk not worth taking in my opinion.

 

[Sinktipper]

With the environment in mind, I've been using swingtops. Much easier than capping too.

 

[GerritT]

The god of brewing is merciful: most of them, if not all of them, will be alright. Some may be flat, but meh.