bottle size
Regarding the wax seal, I don't have any clue if they do any good but the Grand Teton Brewing Company uses them on their special run beers. The bottles have a swing top and a wax seal over that. It looks pretty cool but it is a pain to get the seal popped without getting wax in your beer.
Sou
AOD wrote:
You also can't drink from the growler...like a 12oz bottle.
~Adam
oh yeah?!
I live in southern Florida and buy some Sierra Nevada Bigfoot every once in awhile and the first time I tried opening a bottle I thought for sure it was a typical bottle needing a bottle opener. After I used one to open the bottle I saw that it was actually a twist off! As I looked closer I could see crystalized...something on the threads.
Assuming the heat, I figured that the bottles got a little "fizzy" in transit and may have leaked past the sealed cap? Or perhaps there was a "shrink and swell" factor in transit from cold to warm each day.
Last, after opening the fourth or fifth one, my mind began to wonder if it was a practice used by the brewer to achieve a better seal on the bottle.....any speculations?
Interesting....