Securing Bottle caps- Electric tape?

I don't think tape residue (never had that from electrical tape) has any more of a chance of contaminating a beer than the dozen of dirty hands that have been on that bottle before it gets opened.

 

Can you elaborate on this? I'd love to know how you ship glass bottles without padding. Is it a styro shipper?

On topic, tape isn't going to help a cap stay on. I try to line the box with a plastic trash bag and seal the shipment up, that way if anything leaks/cap pops off it is all contained in the bag.

 

Well, typically you're not holding the bottle around the cap. Liquid pretty rarely gets all the way down the bottle, but dribbles down the lip are downright common. And you've seriously never seen electrical tape leave residue? Dude, it always leaves residue, unless you're using some magic electrical tape that's better than anything I've ever seen.

 

I used to put it on when I saw some bottles sent to me with tape on them. Then I later realized that it doesnt help anything. It's not going to stop a leaky bottle other than maybe containing a small leak. If it does somehow keep your cap from loosening because CO2 is pushing on it then it will just find another way out. Id rather have the bottle relieve pressure through the cap then explode out the bottom.

 

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Check out the warning on Stone's Beer glass descriptions:
WARNING: THE MATERIALS USED AS COLORED DECORATIVES OF THIS PRODUCT CONTAIN LEAD, LEAD COMPOUNDS, AND/ OR CADMIUM, WHICH ARE KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER, BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM

 

I never said this was a big deal, but I think the fact that the tape is pretty much completely useless at preventing leaks of any kind makes it so that ANY negative means you shouldn't use it. I'm not going to flip a shit if people do to me, but I do think it's useful to explain that it's useless in these threads.

 

it's well known that electrical tape provides a good, pressure-safe seal. the other day, i blew my head gasket, so i removed the head and lined the block with electrical tape. got perfect compression on all 8 cylinders. i'm not sure why everyone isn't using e-tape on bottles.

 

8 cylinders? You must be a man...

 

I only use electrical tape on cork and caged bottles, that way the cage doesn't get bent and there is a little extra help to keep the cork in. Plus I have heard of cork and cages leaking. Is this a waste of time? maybe, but for the low cost of extra electrical tape laying around it is worth it.

 

That falls in line with using on growlers, which can make sense since it's possible to envision it coming off in a way that tape couple prevent. Although I think for C&C I'd rather use a ziptie. I don't really trust tape.

 

hmm, zip tie, never thought of that.

 

Stretch and seal works on growlers. Electrical tape probably not.

 

no styro. Cardboard dividers and box within a box. Standard uline 20x16x14.

 

Packing peanuts and space. Cardboard dividers to stop the bottles in the case from moving around.

 

I don't wrap my bottles with electrical tape, and only half of them have ever leaked. You're all just wasting your time.

 

I'm assuming you are talking about Jester King. When I tried to ship 3 bottles of Commercial Suicide in 3 separate boxes, each bottle leaked. This was before I even dropped them off. This was weeks before the recall. All were heavily taped and sitting upright in shippers. The boxes didnt shift or fall over. One bottle's cap shot off like a cork.

They have had other carbonation issues as well. I typically wait a few weeks before trading their beer in order to see if anyone has had an issue with shipping.

Tape if you want piece of mind, but if it's going to leak it's going to leak.

 

At times Jester King uses different sized caps as well. This has caused leakage for a few releases.

 

I have used scotch tape to tape down cork and cages. Regular old scotch tape, albeit a LOT of it. Haven't had any problems yet.