Better bottles...simply better! - Page 3

**johnsma22** · 05-09-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jelsas

johnsma22 : That oxygen-free transfer is very cool -- I've never seen it before. What do you do about blow-offs? Do you just connect the two bottles together after the fermentation has settled down a little? I'm guessing it would work just as well with carboy caps instead of the ported stoppers.

I connect them together initially, then watch closely to see if I'm going to get a blow off. If not, I leave them connected. If a blow off is imminent, I disconnect them, place the tip of the tubing in some sanitizer and install a blow off tube into the primary. Once the blow off settles down, I reconnect them.

As far as stuck on crud is concerned, I've never had any crud that could stand up to a shake with hot PBW solution and a wash cloth inserted into the BB. I put about a gallon of hot PBW solution in, insert a wash cloth and shake. The rubbing action of the wash cloth sloshing around has proven sufficient to remove even the most stubborn crud. After the shake I fill them to the top with more hot PBW solution and let them soak for a day. In most cases the wash cloth is not necessary, just a 24 hour soak in PBW.

Even this mess didn't last after a 30 second shake with PBW and a wash cloth!

JnJ · 05-09-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Toot

I'd like to know more details about your procedure because I have bottles that've soaked in oxyclean for over a week and I still have yeast deposits on the bottom.

5 gal Better Bottle - 2 scoops oxyclean, enough hot water to bring foam to top of opening (usually foams over for a while), wait 40 or so minutes, start draining through racking adaptor (so it gets clean too), with about 1 gallon left, pickup, place palm over opening and shake well. Drain remaining water/oxyclean, and rinse well.
You do have to fill it immediately after removing the beer. It may be tougher to do if you allow the crud to dry in the BB.
Like I said, I have done this with ever batch I have made.

Sir Humpsalot · 05-09-2007, 05:20 PM

Well, all my crud dries in the better bottle. I get a ring of hops debris that indicates where high krausen once was. Two weeks later or whenever I get around to it, I rack off to secondary.