SmartyJones
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Any suggestions on "best practice" to use or do to sanitize the bottles before use? I've seen some say soak in sanitizer for 5 min and let dry others say bake them in the oven ...
Thanks for the tip! I believe this is the method I will be trying for my first batch when it's ready?! What about hang drying them on one of those bottle trees? Should I just not bother with those? ... So you say take them straight out of the sanitizer and fill them without drying them?
no need for tubs or buckets just shoot the sanitizer where you need it, inside the bottle.
no need for tubs or buckets just shoot the sanitizer where you need it, inside the bottle.
wormraper said:I find what works for me is to
1. soak them in oxyclean/pbw for a few hours.
2. rinse them out really well
3. put them in the dishwasher on sanitation mode (no soap of course)
4. dip them in starsan and fill with beer.
voila, has worked every time so far.
+1+1+1 Get a bottle tree and vinator! I can rinse, hang, sanatize, fill and cap 55 bottles in little over 2 hours. You will want an "autofill wand" for the spigot on your bottling bucket also. Cheers
How do you "keep" your star san in your open container without a lid?
+1 I love my vinator... makes easy work of sanitizing bottles
1) Drink beer from bottle.
2) Rinse empty bottle well. Turn upside-down and let dry.
3) If you have a label on the bottle or want to clean further:
3a) Soak in Oxy Clean or PBW soloution.
3b) Rinse well.
On bottling day:
1) Put Star San solution in Vinator.
2) Blast each bottle on Vinator.
3) Put bottle on Bottle Tree.
4) Fill bottle with beer from bottling bucket (priming sugar added)
5) Cap bottle.
6) Store for ~4weeks.
7) Place in fridge for 1-2 days.
8) Enjoy!
no need for tubs or buckets just shoot the sanitizer where you need it, inside the bottle.
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