Cracked bottles

[Nosybear]

You think it gets inside the bottles well enough?

I wouldn't try it if the bottles were soiled. You can't sanitize dirt. The heat and humidity should sanitize clean bottles just fine.

 

[naDinMN]

So I was pouring a cream ale earlier and I noticed a long deep crack on the inside of the neck of the bottle. I of course through out the bottle but was just surprised. This is only the second bottle I've had crack (although I've broken others) and I think the first one that actually leaked a bit was banged around the fridge. I don't think I've over-carbed the bottles. Could it be from the bottle capper? I had the cap flop off once and actually crushed the neck of the bottle. Is it just from being reused several times? It's really not a big deal I'm just curious.
Like how often do those of you that bottle encounter cracks and how often do you replace bottles?

Bottles, even those from a homebrew shop, aren't infinitely reusable and will eventually crack as the structural integrity is stressed during usage. Think of it like hit points. A 12 ounce bottle has 12 hit points, for arguments sake. Every time you take a wing capper to it, you have the potential of inflicting damage. Maybe one point of damage at first, but as the bottle ages the damage becomes harder to absorb. So what was one HP damage three bottling sessions ago, is now 3 HP damage. Next, the act of opening bottle becomes so stressful it is inflicting damage, like a hord of flail snails. Eventually you lose your level six barbarian.

So what did we learn class?

1. Always have a cleric in your party.
2. Structural integrity basics.
3. Shit breaks.
4. Get a bench capper, it causes less stress on the bottle necks.

 

[Nosybear]

Bottles, even those from a homebrew shop, aren't infinitely reusable and will eventually crack as the structural integrity is stressed during usage. Think of it like hit points. A 12 ounce bottle has 12 hit points, for arguments sake. Every time you take a wing capper to it, you have the potential of inflicting damage. Maybe one point of damage at first, but as the bottle ages the damage becomes harder to absorb. So what was one HP damage three bottling sessions ago, is now 3 HP damage. Next, the act of opening bottle becomes so stressful it is inflicting damage, like a hord of flail snails. Eventually you lose your level six barbarian.

So what did we learn class?

1. Always have a cleric in your party.
2. Structural integrity basics.
3. Shit breaks.
4. Get a bench capper, it causes less stress on the bottle necks.

You forgot never split the party.

 

[naDinMN]

You forgot never split the party.

Unless you go with the cleric.