Trade etiquette with shipping issues

I don't leave a tab on the tape because I've found it easy to remove despite having arthritic & inept little peasant paws. I figure if I don't struggle with it nobody does.

 

If it were the whale in the pack, I'd let the trader know to see what they could do. Extras, or one of many type stuff I just call it a hazard of shipping with a company that employs neanderthals

 

i've always wondered what kind of pressure is inside a capped bottle of beer, and the likelihood of a few wraps of electrical tape holding it would be if there was a leak. imo, there's no way that electrical tape wrapped around the horizontal axis of a bottle cap/top has a shot at holding in that kind of pressure. i've probably shipped northwards of 80 boxes of beer, and none of them have had the caps taped (outside of growlers), and the only one thats ever leaked has been an ipa that was sent to the UK.

 

haven't ready, but if the beer is a part of trade and lost any more than a nominal amount I'm replacing it 100%. if it's an extra a bit more grey but I'm either sending a replacement or more likely will try to set up a follow up trade where I make it up

some bottles are known to leak a tiny bit and for those it's just a known hazard and a replacement isn't really called for

as far as informing someone else it would depend. if an extra leaked I might or might tell them but if I told them it would just be for future packing. I wouldn't ask for replacement of an extra. if a main bottle leaked I would ask for another

 

I wouldn't expect it to hold pressure, but you can get weak/flawed cages or a cage which isn't on *quite* straight (or torqued cork) and a bump here or there could knock it off. A little tape can help support the cage.

I've also seen old/dried out/low quality corks that can leak/break or bottles exposed to temperature extremes in shipping which can result in cork expansion/contraction which can also lead to leaks. A little tape can help seal against that kind of leakage.

YMMV, but to me, it's cheap insurance/peace of mind.

 

Rather than electrical tape, I use (and recommend) rubber splicing tape, which is much better suited to handling pressure, and leaves no residue behind to boot. Looks similar, but way more secure.

 

How do you get it off? And no, I'm not looking for a "that's what she said" answer!
Pat

 

Either use a penknife or just grab an edge and pull on it. Because it's pretty elastic (part of why it seals so well), it stretches and comes off fairly easily with force applied from the side.