Bottlers re-accuring nightmare

The Carbonator · Post by **The Carbonator** » Sunday Jun 11, 2006 1:16 am

So, you crack a longneck and pour out a beer, drink it, then you go to bed.

Then, the next day you see the half full bottle in the fridge and think " It's still good ".

Obviously, you pour it out and drink it.

Thats when you think " I coulda drunk that fresh!!! "

ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Sunday Jun 11, 2006 7:54 am

That's one of the the things I like about homebrew. You can ressurect a half drunk beer the next night. Try that with commercial beer!

Smabb · Post by **Smabb** » Monday Jun 12, 2006 9:06 am

Using twist tops gives this strategy an extra edge too

velophile · Post by **velophile** » Monday Jun 12, 2006 12:55 pm

I use stubbies (330, 354 or 375 ml). Open & pour into 425ml glass, enough room for head, all good.

Twice the effort when bottling though.

Should we all keg it instead?

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Monday Jun 12, 2006 4:07 pm

Sorry Carbonator, i don't see the problem.

You get out a longneck, your pour it into a glass, you empty said glass and refill, drink it and do same several times during the evening. you are left with empties that you rinse and put away in your stash.

Everything is hunky dory. I have shivers at the thought of not finishing a job and leaving it half done! Opening a bottle and not finishing it......SACRILEGE.

benson · Post by **benson** » Tuesday Jun 13, 2006 11:45 am

dont seem to have that problem with kegs

nickdablack · Post by **nickdablack** » Sunday Jun 18, 2006 9:16 am

I must admit after a few too many I am usually left with one half full.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday Jun 19, 2006 12:47 pm

I think that the Carbonators problem is that "he likesemfizzy."

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Jul 10, 2006 12:53 pm

I have one of those bottle resealer things, $2.50 or so from the hombrew shop. It doesn't keep the half-longneck completely carbonated, but it's better than nothing.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Monday Jul 10, 2006 8:47 pm

soft! who only has 1/2 a tallie in a sitting?

after 5 or 6 then maybe you can be excused

blandy · Post by **blandy** » Monday Jul 10, 2006 9:25 pm

Velophile is right, stubbies are good!

- Only want to have a stubby? No problems, you've bottled in stubbies.

- Want a longneck? no problems, two 375mL stubbies equals a longneck

- Want 1.5 longnecks? duh, THREE STUBBIES

- Want to drink 1.5L and sample 4 different homebrews? FOUR STUBBIES

and by far the biggest reason:

- Stubbies = more bottling time over longnecks
- more bottling time = more compulsary homebrew drinking time.

That said, I do use some longnecks. Most of my brews I do a slab of stubbies and make the rest up with longnecks.

ernie · Post by **ernie** » Tuesday Jul 11, 2006 10:12 am

Blandy = Mathematical Genius

drtom · Post by **drtom** » Tuesday Jul 11, 2006 11:07 am

benson wrote:dont seem to have that problem with kegs

You mean you never leave a keg half full?

cheers,
Tom
p.s. My insane belgian is drinking to general acclaim! (search Karmeliet Tripel on Recipes) Even the wife wanted more.