Time to get rid of our crown caps...

[Cwrw666]

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Made me laugh when he said "Just by looking at it"

The big fella had a point why don't they cap Champaign bottles if they are so much better.

 

[foxy]

The original crown caps didn't have a plastic seal, they had cork.

 

[RoomWithABrew]

That accent - putting cocks in crockery bottles is a dangerous practice but probably easier when he was a little boy in his dads pub.

I cap my champagne bottles with crown corks, you need a bigger bell on the capper and bigger caps than on beer bottles, very convenient though.

I use the champagne bottles to put homemade wine in as it's a lot less faff than a cork. Also good for the Saisons.

 

[Jim Brewster]

I believe they cap Champagne for the second fermentation prior to disgorging after which it's corked. I like the opening of a beer bottled with a cork to be fair, shame Leffe switched to caps on the big bottles as it made them a bit different.

 

[sifty]

putting cocks in crockery bottles is a dangerous practice.

Yes I imagine so...

 

[Cwrw666]

shame Leffe switched to caps on the big bottles as it made them a bit different.

Yes. I have fond memories of bottles of Jenlain on French road trips.

 

[YeastFace]

Fantôme and some other Belgian breweries/blenders do both.

 

[Sadfield]

'How did could you tell it was the capped bottle?'

'It had a smoother taste like cask'

Possibly proving Guinness's point about hygiene, that the Cask and capped bottle lacked a little sharpness from microbial contamination or the affect of oxygen on that.

I notice he happily downs the offending beer in one.