Cheesefood

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Here's what I did when I bottled:

I put all the bottles in my dishwasher and ran it on hot with no soap. This cleaned and sanitized them.

Then I pulled a chair up next to my dishwasher, opened the door and used it as a bottling platform. Pull a bottle out from the rack, bottle it on the dishwasher door, cap it and put it in the box. Repeat 45 times.

This is a No-Mess way of bottling. All the spilled beer stays trapped on the dishwasher door. I set the cane on the door while I capped (since the door was obviously pretty clean) and got everything finished in about a half-hour. When I was done I simply loaded up the dishwasher with all the stuff I had just used (sieves, ladel, glasses, etc) closed the door and ran it again. Voila. No sticky mess everywhere.

homebrewer_99

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I know we are all trying to find that one "no argument" way of doing something, but the way I see a dishwasher is that water does not enter all the bottles let alone clean the insides.

Keep up the good work.

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uglygoat

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i think it's the heat from the dry cycle the santizes the bottles in the dishwasher, not the hot water, which can't get any hotter than the what's in the tank.

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Cheesefood

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Our water in our tank is HOT. While I haven't temp'd it, I know that if I run my sink on high-heat, it's way past scalding hot. Huge plumes of steam are constant. Our H2O heater is just over a year old.

Still, whether or not the DW cleans the bottles, bottling over the dishwasher door makes for a no-hassle clean-up. And it's low enough where you maintain good pressure from your bottling tank.

Rhoobarb

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Hey Cheesefood! I work in Schaumburg! Your method is exactly the way I do it, right down to the dishwasher door trick. In fact, I'll be doing it again this weekend!

I still soak grungy bottles in a weak bleach solution, then rinse and stick in the dishwasher. But I've found that if you thoroughly rinse your bottles in hot water immedialtely after your pour, then a soak is not needed. A simple run in a soapless dishwasher will suffice!

Just my experience; YMMV!

Dark_Ale

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Sounds good to me

patrck17

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I hope my apartment has a dishwasher, that is the one I am moving into in early August. I think it does but I can't remember, it has been a few months since I did a tour.

homebrewer_99

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Hey, if you guys are all pleased who am I to argue?

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Cheesefood

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Where in Schaumburg? I live on Schaumburg and Meacham.

Sir Sudster

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Hey , would an oven door work the same way?