I should have perhaps posted this in the Mr Beer thread, but wasnt sure how often it's checked for new questions.
Anyhow, I want to bottle my beer tomorrow afternoon and was thinking about what sort of stuff I need to bottle.
The instructions lead me to believe that I could pour the beer from the tap on the mrbeer keg into the bottles and cap em... sounded easy enough but now I'm reading the forums and bought a book and I see stuff about using racking canes (how does this thing work?) and other stuffs. Is it essential to have a cane or tube that will fill be bottles from the bottom up to avoid oxygen if I just tilt the bottles and pour slowly?
Also, as a second question i went to Austin home brew yesterday and picked up some priming tabs that you put into the bottles individually. Anybody got any advice as far as if they're good to use, or how many to use? Says 2-3 for less carbonation, 4 for normal carbonation, 5 tabs for extra carbonation. I dont want any beer bombs.
Anyhow, I want to bottle my beer tomorrow afternoon and was thinking about what sort of stuff I need to bottle.
The instructions lead me to believe that I could pour the beer from the tap on the mrbeer keg into the bottles and cap em... sounded easy enough but now I'm reading the forums and bought a book and I see stuff about using racking canes (how does this thing work?) and other stuffs. Is it essential to have a cane or tube that will fill be bottles from the bottom up to avoid oxygen if I just tilt the bottles and pour slowly?
Also, as a second question i went to Austin home brew yesterday and picked up some priming tabs that you put into the bottles individually. Anybody got any advice as far as if they're good to use, or how many to use? Says 2-3 for less carbonation, 4 for normal carbonation, 5 tabs for extra carbonation. I dont want any beer bombs.