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Capping on Foam/Tubing ("A. J. deLange")
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:38:44 -0400
From: "A. J. deLange" <ajdel at cox.net>
Subject: Capping on Foam/Tubing
In a commercial filler the foam is generated by shooting a jet of water
into the neck of the bottle and I suppose one could do that. What I have
always done is rap the bottle on the side a couple of times with the
handle of a screwdriver held by the blade. Sometimes the beer doesn't
seem to want to cooperate so remember that it isn't necessary to get
foam up to the lip. Any amount of foam in which the bubbles are bursting
is releasing CO2 into the neck of the bottles and filling the space with
CO2 from the bottom up.
I was just at the hardware store the other day looking for a short
length of high temperature tubing (to use with an under-sink hot water
generator). All they had was the vinyl stuff and each box was clearly
labeled indicating that the max. temp was 175 and the max pressure at
that temp (which I don't remember) was also given. For high temperature
tubing I usually go to McMaster Carr which has a wide assortment all of
which have 3 things in common: 1) They will handle high temperatures
2)They are OK for food and 3) They are expensive. For short runs the
last won't put you in the poor house (especially for the 6" piece I
needed but it's too much trouble to put in an order for that).
A.J.
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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5595, 08/17/09
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