High speed bottling.

[Malticulous]

My sanitizing line:

I hold a bottle in each hand rinsing them in one sink and sanitizing them in the bucket of iodopher. I dunk them in, let in three or four ounces and shake them with my thumb over the top. I just set them on the counter. The priming sugar is boiling.

Racking goes fast with a 1/2in siphon. You can see some dry yeast I added as it racked. I will stir it well.

I dump out a few drips of sanitizer and set all the bottles out.

The 1/2in bottle filler makes quick work out of filling the bottles. I have 54 bottles waiting.

It does leave slightly more head space but it's fine. It goes so fast I can't help but spill some.

After they are all filled I put caps on them then line up two rows so I can cap all that can at one time.

Here is the last of the bottles ready to cap and box.

 

[Wade E]

You need to get a bottle tree and a vinator, it will make the job of cleaning and sanitizing the bottles even faster and easier!

 

[Malticulous]

I'm too cheap (and broke.) I'm not sure it would be faster. I'd still have to rinse and I could only sanitize one at a time, not two. I'd still have to set out the bottles to be filled. I think the counter would be easyer than staking on a tree. I don't see how it would eliminate any steps? I think it would make two steps harder.

 

[greeneyed]

I disagree. I run my bottles through a soapless dishwasher. Then take 1-2 seconds per bottle to sanitize with the vinator. Dries. Then my assembly line goes...daughter(10) fills. Me and nephew(31) takes turns capping(bench). Son (5) rinses and dries bottles. 5g in < 20 minutes. Drying isn't crucial as we put everything in milk crates.

Point being, the vinator is so much faster than dunking and shaking.

 

[Malticulous]

Dunking and shaking is probably two seconds in, two seconds shaking, one second draining. 2.5 seconds per bottle. The only advantage I see is no need to drain. I have to rinse my bottles anyway.

 

[greeneyed]

OK, just trying to help. I know my preferred method....much preferred.

 

[Wade E]

What are you using that you need to rinse, that kind of defeats the purpose as you are adding bacteria back unless this is boiled water.

 

[Malticulous]

No, I rinse them first (see first pic.) They can get dusty. I store them out in a shed. It's all one movement. Grab two from the box, rinse, sanitize, set aside. It goes very quickly. Another person in the line would slow it down with the hand off.