grasshopper1917

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How long do you have to bottle your beer after sanitizing the bottles. Is it ok to wait a couple days? How about if you cover the bottles with a cloth after they are sanitized? Will covered bottled be ok for a week?

rdwj

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There is no definitive answer, but I wouldn't let them sit for more than a day. Don't cover them with a cloth if you let them sit - used sanatized plastic wrap.

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TheJadedDog

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Personally, I would just sanitize them when I bottle instead of risking a potential infection.

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And now we go AG!

On Tap: Nadda
Primary: Nadda
Planning: Extra Special Bitter

malkore

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yeah, I just wouldn't sanitize until bottling day.

you'd be better off covering with aluminum foil and storing bottles upside down to prevent wild yeast spores from falling into the bottles while they sit.

or, get a bottle tree, sanitize and bottle immediately.

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Primary: English Mild
On tap: Pale Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Gal in 2009: 27, Gal in 2010: 34, Gal in 2011: 13, Gal in 2012: 10

jdcoffman

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I don't have a bottle tree, but I do it instantly, I sanitize, sit the bottles on the counter, then get the secondary ready for bottling.

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Primary 1: Special Holiday Ale
Primary 2: Empty!


Bottled:
-Cabernet Sauvignon
-Sauvignon blanc
-NO BEER :-(

On Deck: Rogue Mocha Porter, APA, Some kind of Stout, more Ed's
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Jonathan Coffman