mattmcl

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TerapinChef

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Oh yeah revvy I really like your bottle tags too where'd you get the idea from?

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Revvy

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Thanks for posting yours 'chef.

I haven't had a problem with mine that way at all...even when i switched to racking cane plastic. One thing you might wanna try is what I end up doing...draining out about a gallon of sanitizer through everything (you could take the spring part off the wand and let it flow straight through) then turn off the spigot re-attach the tip of the wand, and pump a couple times with a beer bottle to get some more sanitizer all the way through the system. Then rack on top of it while there is still liquid sanitizer in the line...hopefully with the sanitizer and then beer there won't be an air pocket in the system.

A combination of staying in hotels and having "do not disturb" signs to put out and seeing a couple of wines that used them on their bottles.

If you guys zoom in you will also see that there is a couple sentence discussion about living beers and their sediment, and how to "pour to the shoulder" to leave it behind. It's a good thing to have on your labels.

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AZ_IPA

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+1,000,000

you can also then write (or print) the bottling date so you're not asking (as I did recently):

"hmmmm....I have 4 cases of apfelwein -- all look the same; 2 were bottled 4 months ago and very good by now, and 2 were bottled a month ago and not very good by now"

nowise

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Haha, I put my kids to work on bottle day doing this. I get those little circular stickers and have them write A for apfelwein, P for pale ale, etc. and then stick them all on as I bottle. Free labor at its finest and I can't wait until one of them can start capping!

sigmund

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I don't clamp mine, it's just a slight interference fit. I just slide the tube onto my bottling bucket and over my wand and off I go. No issues with air getting in.

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Primary: BR Brown Ale
Drinking: Irish Red, Belgian Wit, Brown Ale, EW's Apfelwein
Bottled: Scottish Wee Heavy
'09 ytd total - 25 gallons

TerapinChef

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I've got a dozen sitting in my basement. I'll go to kegging one day in the far far future but for now I have plenty of bottles (400+) a good organization system for empties, a full fridge for "fulls", a minifridge for drinking supply close to the living room, and a real love for opening bottles of my own beer. Now one day when I have room for a bar...I'll at least have a few more friends

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Yay! for this post! I just started brewing and I just bottled my 1st batch last night. I have been reading for weeks that bottling is this horrible chore. Every time I went to read a post to get ideas on how to make this a little bit less of a chore there is always a post (or several) that read "I have one tip for bottlers... buy some kegs." After all is said and done I bottled everything in about an hour and it was a good time. Liberal amounts of beer consumed during the process probably helped.

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Primary: B3's Stout
Secondary: American Pale Ale II
Drinking: Nothing yet!! (Waiting sucks)
Bottled: American Ale,
Next: Some sorta Russian River Blond Ale Clone, any help with recipes wanted.

Revvy

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There is a group of friends on here that used to be collectively know as "No Clue Brew..." now they all go buy their real names...anyway they get together and bottle together, making a fun thing.

Like I said, it doesn't have to be a chore...you just need to make it a comfortable for you as possible.

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Yes, I made a dip tube for my bottling bucket out of a 3/4" PVC 90deg elbow. I think it cost $0.39 at Lowe's and threads right onto the tail piece of the bottling spigot. It couldn't be simpler. Check out my gallery for a poorly done schematic and/or PM me and I'll verify the part number. Or do what I did and bring the spigot with you to Lowe's and see what threads onto it. When I fill bottles with this I am usually left with about 2 or 3 oz. of beer in the bucket.

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Fermenter 1: Best bitter (1)
Fermenter 2: Best bitter (2)
Fermenter 3: Empty