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AirRageous
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Got any pics of your set-up. It sounds interesting.
Almost Automated Bottle Sanitizer with pics and video
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Got any pics of your set-up. It sounds interesting.
I've used this system now for several batches and am quite happy with the ease and speed sanitizing >40 bottles. I use StarSan. It, of course, foams like crazy, but it does not escape the bucket. Also, I cut four slots in the top of each upright, allowing sanitzer to spray out the sides and better coat the inside of the bottle. For you brewers and bottlers with kids, it's a great way to involve them in the process. My 5-year-old daughter is my bottling assistant: she loves putting the bottles on, spinning them on the uprights, and racking them.
Thanks again for a great DIY.
Thanks again for a great DIY.
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AirRageous
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Cool, I'm glad it is working well for you. I love using mine.
JVD_X
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Here it is in a Homer bucket. You only need to mix about 2 gallons of sanitizer solution. Just enough to come up over the pump and the neck of the bottles to sanitize the outside lip.
That is great work. You should expand it so you can clean bottles as well. For example, use one of the under-bed rubbermaid containers and rainbird sprinklers. Of course, you would need to turn it off when changing bottles. I bet you could clean a case or two at a time. Heck, add a RIMS style heater and you have a super heated bottle washer and sanitizer
rico567
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A very innovative solution to sanitizing.....I think it would be more efficient the more bottles involved. Given @50 bottles in a 5-gal. batch, I'll stick with my vinator and Star San. Takes about 15 minutes.
codemonkey
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I've been looking around and found this pump http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752997 that does 780 GPH and it's only $37. This appears to be a better solution for more bottles. I know in another thread a guy built his out of copper and did 12 at a time with a smaller pump.
camiller
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Or simply hook one of these to the outlet of the pump:
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=4150
jsarkauskas
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I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I just built mine today and i think its going to work awesome. My dad had a spare pump for the pond that I convinced him to donate to the project. It was super easy to construct and just made bottling a little bit easier.
orangehero
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I don't see the point of this. I just use a small plastic tote filled with sanitizer. Dunk the bottle in, swirl the sanitizer around inside, dump it out and put the bottle upside down on a rack. Takes 5 seconds at most.
If this was high pressure, I could understand it being used for washing bottles, but it's overly complicated just for getting a small amount of sanitizer inside of a bottle.
If this was high pressure, I could understand it being used for washing bottles, but it's overly complicated just for getting a small amount of sanitizer inside of a bottle.
Shred
Former Microbrewery Founder & Pro Brewer
Rekindling an old thread... 6 at once on a 550 GPH.
