transportation and bottle question

[Dickie]

Hello folks

First time brew

I am interested in what people think about the following questions..
To set the scene...I plan to take my newly brewed beer 250 odd miles to my mates wedding. I am new this and do not have a large stash of bottles. I have 40 pints of beers. I have plastics bottles to secondary ferment with.

My wife wants to get glass bottles to take with us not plastic..(fair enough)..

I understand that sediment will form at the bottom of the bottles during this secondary fermentation.

Questions:

Will this sediment be disturbed during transportation and what are the consequences of this?

Could I transfer the beer to a third set of glass bottles, cap them and take them up..?

Would this process avoid the sediment disturbance during transportation?

Would I lose the carbonisation fizz by doing this?

thanks for your time
Dickie

 

[Moley]

Questions:

Will this sediment be disturbed during transportation and what are the consequences of this?

Yes it will, a bit of yeast won't harm anyone but cloudy beer might put a few people off trying it.

Could I transfer the beer to a third set of glass bottles, cap them and take them up..?

Would this process avoid the sediment disturbance during transportation?

Would I lose the carbonisation fizz by doing this?

Yes, yes and yes.

I sometimes take bottles of beer for my workmates, but I know they aren't going to have the patience to take it home and leave it to settle again for a week or two, or know how to pour it, so I do re-bottle.

Chill the beer well beforehand and it will retain more of its fizz. Decant it VERY GENTLY to an oversized jug (leaving the sediment behind) and then pour it VERY GENTLY into the new bottle, which should be almost on its side.

It's a bit of a PITA doing that with more than a couple of bottles at a time, so I don't envy your task.

 

[crisparmour]

I think that fining the beer before bottling can lead to the yeast clumping so that it settles very quickly if disturbed. Your mileage may vary, depending on the kind of yeast you happen to be using, but I reckon it's worth a crack.

 

[Dickie]

Thankyou I think I will try and decant before we go... I have a few weeks to get some glass bottles together, trick is going to be not drinking to much.....but then again it would cut down on the amount of bottles I will need.....
any ideas on a good source for the procurement of glass bottles?

cheers

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Thankyou
any ideas on a good source for the procurement of glass bottles?

cheers

Ask your local club steward or publican to save you Magners or Bulmers cider bottles (brown are best)
Or have a scrounge around your local bottle bank with a stick to fish them out. :thumb:

BB

 

[Moley]

any ideas on a good source for the procurement of glass bottles?

Explain what it's for and ask your local pubs if they would object to you rummaging through their recycling bins, I've never yet been refused.

Also, if you have a kerbside recycling collection, ask your neighbours if they would object to you rummaging through their recycling tubs on collction day.

The downside of the latter is that they will probably expect some of your full bottles from time to time in exchange.

As BB says, Magner's and Bulmer's bottles are the best to look out for, they are proper pints and the labels come off easily after a hot soak.

 

[donny_1972]

I recently took 40 bottles of beer on holiday with me and was worried about the sediment moving,however after a 100 mile journey and several very bumpy back roads my brew was fine.

 

[Dickie]

ask your local pubs if they would object to you rummaging through their recycling bins, I've never yet been refused.



As BB says, Magner's and Bulmer's bottles are the best to look out for, they are proper pints and the labels come off easily after a hot soak.

:thumb:

thanks I had the same thought..and was successful

only 2x Bullmers
Jems Stout x 1
crabbies Ginger Bear x 11
Kapparberg x 27

thier having a bath....

Has anybody experienced capping problems with these bottles..I have heard Becks bottles can be tricky...?

I recently took 40 bottles of beer on holiday with me and was worried about the sediment moving,however after a 100 mile journey and several very bumpy back roads my brew was fine.

Thanks that gives me even more confidence as I was worried about spoiling my first crop

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

You'll probably need a bench capper, especially with the kopparberg cider type.

BB

 

[Cyclops]

You'll probably need a bench capper, especially with the kopparberg cider type.

BB

I dont have any problems capping the kopparberg ones with my twin handle capper from Wilkinsons.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

You'll probably need a bench capper, especially with the kopparberg cider type.

BB

I dont have any problems capping the kopparberg ones with my twin handle capper from Wilkinsons.

Might be mine, it's an old one from the 80s I bought in BOOTS.

 

[Vindiv8]

You'll probably need a bench capper, especially with the kopparberg cider type.

BB

I dont have any problems capping the kopparberg ones with my twin handle capper from Wilkinsons.

Might be mine, it's an old one from the 80s I bought in BOOTS.

I have no problems with my youngs twin handle capper and koppaberg bottles.

 

[Dickie]

I have discover that Koppaberg labels come off like a dream,

Can't say the same for Cabbies bottles.....

I'll let you know how I get with capping them