I am making my first 1-gallon beer. Its been fermented for 2 weeks. (I didn't take any readings and relying on a video I watched that said 2 weeks is good enough to make this beer ready to bottle) I bought an auto-siphon and flip-top bottles to bottle them. Before I bottle them should I cold crash the beer and how do I do that? Could I put it with the airlock in the fridge for a day and then pull it out to siphon or is there an easier way without special equipment?
Ingredients:
I filled up a bucket with 1 tbsp of bleach to a gallon of water. Soaked the glass carboy and funnel in it for a few minutes, maybe even 20 minutes. Emptied them out and let them airdry for an hour or so. For the airlock I poured in boiling water, spilled it out, and then poured in more boiling water to use.
This is how I sanitized my glass and siphon:
Same thing with the bleach solution. Air-dried them overnight. Boiled water till it had rapid bubbling and filled each bottle up and closed them. I am leaving them closed with the water till I am ready to bottle. The autosiphon i am not sure how I will sanitize it right before I use it. I don't have starsan and don't want to buy it.
Ingredients:
- 1lb Munich malt
- 1lb Rye Malt
- 0.5oz Tettnang hops
- WLP351 (Frozen and defrosted)
- Water
I filled up a bucket with 1 tbsp of bleach to a gallon of water. Soaked the glass carboy and funnel in it for a few minutes, maybe even 20 minutes. Emptied them out and let them airdry for an hour or so. For the airlock I poured in boiling water, spilled it out, and then poured in more boiling water to use.
This is how I sanitized my glass and siphon:
Same thing with the bleach solution. Air-dried them overnight. Boiled water till it had rapid bubbling and filled each bottle up and closed them. I am leaving them closed with the water till I am ready to bottle. The autosiphon i am not sure how I will sanitize it right before I use it. I don't have starsan and don't want to buy it.