29mm caps?

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:39 pm

anybody know where i can get some 29mm caps (the larger belgian-style ones)? i honestly only need a handful (well, 1 really, but a few backups would be good), but i'd be willing to stock up for future use if necessary.

i haven't found anywhere in canada that has them, and i'd rather not resort to ordering from the states if i can help it. anybody have a few of these around or know where i can get some?

Lager Bore · Post by **Lager Bore** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:37 pm

Bottling that special once in a lifetime/oneoff Christmas specialty ale gift?
I'm sure you've thought about this but what about a plastic wire-secured cork? I've just moved all my stuff to a buddy's empty basement apartment (which I like to call die neue Brauerei) or I'd get up off my ass and see if one fit in my Chouffe bottle. I suppose it doesn't fit?
Good luck,
cheers

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:43 pm

it is a rather special brew, in a special bottle. we've done cork+caging before (cork, not plastic), but unfortunately this particular bottle is too tall for the corker (by less than an inch). i might see if there's anything i can do to make it work if i can't find caps.

Lager Bore · Post by **Lager Bore** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:05 pm

It sounds pretty special!
What will the carbonation be? If it's not really high you might be able to get away with a cork that's been secured with a section of wire, secured with pliers. I've seen it done commercially but alas have forgotten the brewery.
Hope it works out regardless. Is this a "presentation" bottle? Obviously I suppose.
I know this doesn't help but funnily, Dom Perignon bottles will take a regular cap. My wife and I have graciously received two bottles over the years, which I have used for special brews. Dunno why, suppose it's part of the remuage process.

So if you're dumpster diving in Rosedale...

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:10 pm

grub wrote:it is a rather special brew, in a special bottle. we've done cork+caging before (cork, not plastic), but unfortunately this particular bottle is too tall for the corker (by less than an inch). i might see if there's anything i can do to make it work if i can't find caps.

For the caps, maybe call a few wine places?

For the corker, do you have or have access to a 2 handle corker? I've been using one with great success to insert belgian corks into 750 mL bottles for months now.

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:20 pm

carbonation won't be high, but the problem is inserting the cork. i just took another look at my corker and i think i can probably temporarily take it apart and remove the spring to buy the little bit of extra space i need to fit this bottle under it. my first choice was actually to cork+cage it, until i realized that the bottle didn't fit. ah well, i'll figure something out.

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:22 pm

cannondale wrote:For the caps, maybe call a few wine places?

hmmm, i might try that. tried stopping at two on the way home, but one is no longer in existence and the other was closed...

cannondale wrote:For the corker, do you have or have access to a 2 handle corker? I've been using one with great success to insert belgian corks into 750 mL bottles for months now.

unfortunately, no. the floor corker has always worked great, just happens to be about 1cm shy for fitting this 1.5 litre bottle.

Lager Bore · Post by **Lager Bore** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:04 am

cannondale wrote:
grub wrote:it is a rather special brew, in a special bottle. we've done cork+caging before (cork, not plastic), but unfortunately this particular bottle is too tall for the corker (by less than an inch). i might see if there's anything i can do to make it work if i can't find caps.
For the caps, maybe call a few wine places?

For the corker, do you have or have access to a 2 handle corker? I've been using one with great success to insert belgian corks into 750 mL bottles for months now.

Mental note, don't throw away old hand-me-down two-handled corker, just in case...
thanks

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:57 pm

grub, im checking to see whether a local supplier can get them in because now im interested in em. i didnt clue in previously that these things fit onto a 750 mL belgian bottle, of which I have at least 150 in rotation.

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:46 am

grub, it's probably too late but...

http://www.homebrew-supplies.ca/viartsh ... tem_id=906

grub · Post by **grub** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:57 am

cool... yeah, i got some in detroit over the holidays, but always good to know there's a more local option.

viggo · Post by **viggo** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:32 pm

and FYI, www.homebrew-supplies.ca are pretty good. I put in a order and received it 2 days later.

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:13 pm

grub wrote:cool... yeah, i got some in detroit over the holidays, but always good to know there's a more local option.

Did you by chance try affixing one of them to a unibroue/belgian-style 750 mL bottle? Did it work?

grub · Post by **grub** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:35 pm

cannondale wrote:Did you by chance try affixing one of them to a unibroue/belgian-style 750 mL bottle? Did it work?

i actually hadn't yet, but i just went down to the basement and sacrificed one to science. worked like a charm - but not on a unibroue bottle, as the only ones i've seen from them don't have a cappable top. a standard belgian 750ml bottle worked great though.

just make sure your capper can handle the larger caps. some of them require a separate part purchase, or there will be a piece that flips to allow the larger caps. i'm lucky enough to have one that has sort of a double ridge that works for both.