deathtractor
Active Member
So just curious. How do y'all dry you're bottles without one of them nifty drying trees? I am cheap and I don't have one. What do you guys use?
you can also put them through the dry cycle of your dishwasher, or just let them sit in the rack.
I rinse them in san solution, let 'em sit upright for a bit, then just dump out the san solution right before I bottle. Has worked out pretty well so far.
I do a regular cycle in the dishwasher (upside down, bottom rack) with a tiny bit of detergent to make sure there's no crud left in/on them, and then immediately follow it with a heavy wash cycle with no detergent and with the heat dry cycle turned on.
I don't! Lol, I soak them in a sink of sanitizer, then run a little tap water through them, let them sit rightside up a minute, then right before bottling I give them a good shake to get the excess water out and bottle right away.
I don't! Lol, I soak them in a sink of sanitizer, then run a little tap water through them, let them sit rightside up a minute, then right before bottling I give them a good shake to get the excess water out and bottle right away.
Why do you sanitize then rinse with water?
I just did my first batch of bottles, and I put them in the dishwasher on the "Sanitize" setting with no soap and called it a day. I'll let you know if my beer comes out funked
Probably a non-issue but I always stick the bottles into the gaps in the dishwasher rack so there is no part of the rack inside the bottle.I use a vinator with a strong iodophor solution to hose down the insides of the bottles:
Then stick 'em on the (sanitized) rack of the dishwasher:
Easy-peasy!
you can also put them through the dry cycle of your dishwasher, or just let them sit in the rack.
I'm still waiting for someone to say "But pee is sterile isn't it? I piss in all my bottles and then have my dog pee in the ones I can't manage"
I do this. Whatever foam is left in the bottle gets pushed out when I bottle, and StarSan is safe anyway. If it's not I'll just be a mutant with one extra superpower during the apocalypse in 2012.I just got a few empty beer boxes from a local bar and lined the bottoms with paper towels. Then I just set them in the boxes up side down, the water will drain out and you'll have dry bottles in no time
I got my bottle tree for like $13 and I think it holds 48. It comes apart for sanitation and has a handle, which makes it worth the price since I usually bottle outside. I soak new bottles in oxyclean free for about 20 min or so. The labels come right off and I scrub the small amounts of glue off. Before bottling, I soak in bleach water for several minutes, then rinse with a cheap faucet adapted bottled rinser.
There are a lot of alternatives to a bottle tree, but for me it was well worth the $.
Yes, but how do you sanitize the whole bottle tree
I sink the bottles in starsan, empty starsan, fill with beer....in that order
Yes, but how do you sanitize the whole bottle tree
+1 on not drying. The day before I bottle I soak my bottles in oxyclean to remove the lables plus any crud that may be inside the bottles (from strays only as I rinse my bottles after pouring). I rinse them with hot tap water a few times and let the sit out on a towel until I bottle the next day.
On bottling day I dump about 2 gallons of star san solution in a tub and submerge 6 bottles, let them sit a few minutes, remove and empty back into the tub and then immediately bottle. While I am bottling those 6 I put 6 more empties into the star san and repeat. Has worked great so far!
you can also put them through the dry cycle of your dishwasher, or just let them sit in the rack.
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