I found the easiest by far way to remove labels
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count_dookie
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this is just like all those builds that assume you have a spare a/c unit laying around or your buddy has a machine shop. If you have a spare 5 year old laying around yeah youre saving some effort, but if you have to have to conceave, deal with a preggo SWMBO, raise the kid I dont see any effort being saved
this is just like all those builds that assume you have a spare a/c unit laying around or your buddy has a machine shop. If you have a spare 5 year old laying around yeah youre saving some effort, but if you have to have to conceave, deal with a preggo SWMBO, raise the kid I dont see any effort being saved
Ya... but think about de-labeling bottles and you can rationalize all that very quickly
this is just like all those builds that assume you have a spare a/c unit laying around or your buddy has a machine shop. If you have a spare 5 year old laying around yeah youre saving some effort, but if you have to have to conceave, deal with a preggo SWMBO, raise the kid I dont see any effort being saved
Conceiving him was no issue ;-)
That said, like my messiah Alton Brown rails against single purpose items. This boy is very versatile. He holds spoons, he spritzes sanitizer, he fetches past brews from the fridge. I'm telling you. You have got to get one of these.
My particular model Ryan 5.0 is not for sale, but I hear you can DIY pretty easily
count_dookie
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Ya... but think about de-labeling bottles and you can rationalize all that very quickly
I know I have a couple boxes of bottles that need de-labeling in the garage that I was going to do over spring break but that didnt happen, and you do at least get laid in the process. But I could just buy a kegging set up for what the diapers to get the kid to that point would cost.
iaefebs
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You have a few bottles in there that I wouldn't be able to cap with my capper. Could you get a Ryan 5.0 that would separate those out?
SOOOO true, my son just turned one and has yet to offer a helping hand around the kitchen on brew day, how selfish. Although i'm very happy your is trained appropriately.
ReverseApacheMaster
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I think child labor is a great idea. There's no reason why we can't teach them multiplication at the same time we employ their tiny fingers for laborious tasks.
skyebrewing
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If they can make Nikes, they can clean bottles..
Bernie Brewer
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Ya... but think about de-labeling bottles and you can rationalize all that very quickly
Not if you don't bother de-labeling bottles. It is a waste of time. It is what is on the INSIDE of the bottles that count, not the outside.
JetSmooth
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This is so awesome. I can't wait for mine to grow up and help me.
kcold0403
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that's what my house looks like, a hundred schlafly bottles that need to get de-labled
Indyking
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I hate oxyclean. It does not work well with hard water at all. Yes, it removes the labels but it gives the glass that hazy appearance where the salts sticks. PWB works wonders!
I just did a quick cost benefit analysis and with the cost to raise one child at approximately $220,000 (not including college tuition) my conclusion is it would be cheaper to invest in your own brewery, buy bottles already de-labled and hire a staff of interns.
Just kidding of course as I have a 7 and 9 year old they don't help much but my wife does.
Just kidding of course as I have a 7 and 9 year old they don't help much but my wife does.
aggiejay06
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You gotta get the Ryan 6.0 model for that I think, but it doesn't come out until next year.
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My particular model Ryan 5.0 is not for sale, but I hear you can DIY pretty easily
I have a newer model Preston 2.5 and he's not nearly as much help in teh brewing world
He's fun teasing the wife with though 
I have a Darrell 3.0 and he is still learning how he can help. Now that I have my keg setup when he upgrades to 4.0 or 5.0 I will let him make is own soda while I brew. That way he gets is reward in the end for his work too.
By the way great pic and it does give me another idea on how my own can help.
By the way great pic and it does give me another idea on how my own can help.
His sister was asleep on the couch so she didn't get to help this time. Usually my 2 1/2 year old daughter picks the bottles out of the water and drains them. She hands them to the hansom fella there in the picture. He takes the labels off. He passes them to me and I use a little blue scrubbie thing to get the remaining glue off. They love doing it.
MrMeans
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after your done run all of your de-labeled bottles through the dishwasher with no detergent. Works wonders.
I wonder if I could add powdered sanitizer in there and sanitize them in that step too?
Indyking
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Well, the water feeding the diswasher is the same, so very hard in my area. Unless we cloth dry our glasses right after the wash cycle is finished, the salts stick to the glass all the same.
That's why I just use PWB. I think it is more expensive than oxyclean, but it's worth it for me
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