Jake Holshue Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We had an issue with a very few bottles of our first batch popping the cork off of itself. The thing is it only happened to 10 out of 540 some odd bottles. Any thoughts on why the corks wanted to jump ship? Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tl5612 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 overfilled bottles/wrong size bottles... perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porter Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Since nothing ferments in high alchohol I'd have to look at bottling temperature versus storage temp. Bottle cold, store warm, gas expansion will pop things open. Bottle at near standard room temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxol Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Check the mould number on the bottle that the cork came out. Are they all the same number? Check the inside diameter of the mouth of those bottle. Are they the same as the other mould numbers? Use an electronic caliper if you can. Are all the T-Top Corks the same size in the box they in? At one time, we had a batch of bottle that had the number x bottle mould number with half a millimeter above tolerence and we had the same issue. We also T-Top with wide variation in the same lot that also caused problem in another situation. I hope this will help some. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We had a similar problem initially because we filled above the head room requirement of the bottle. That's my guess since it only happened to a few, filled those few just a tad too much. Kristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Mine popped due to bottling the spirits at a low temp. Not enough head space and when it warmed up..... pop goes the cork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott @ Twenty2Vodka Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 We had corks popping too. It was definitely caused by us filling at our shop's "room temp" in winter of ~50degrees F. When the liquid reached store "room temp" of 65degrees a few corks and seals popped. Since accounting for this while filling, we havn't had any further issues. Best of luck, -Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninWV Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I agree with folks here that it's most likely a fill issue. We check our fill levels by weight (712 grams @ 80 proof) to make sure we have the right fill level. You can be really accurate with weight on a fairly cheap scale. This prevents us from overfilling due to temperature variations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Holshue Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks gents! I think the temp is the issue here. We filtered our product around 3 C, and most likely didn't give it enough time to warm up. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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