Recent content by JoshGuitar

I never let my priming sugar cool. I boil it for 5 minutes, dump it in the bottling bucket, and rack the beer on top of it. Theoretically I guess I'm killing a few yeast cells before the beer + priming solution reaches a temperature that won't kill yeast, but they don't complain much...

My lazy and reasonably economical solution is return address labels. I got some Avery labels that have 60 on a sheet for about 50 cents per sheet. Most of the time 1 sheet gives me enough labels for a 5 gallon batch, along with labels for all 4 sides of both cases. I label them with the...

When I wash bottles, I throw about a dozen bottles in a sink full of hot water and Oxy Clean Free (PBW works too but Oxy Clean is cheaper). Make sure to fill the bottles with the solution too, to soak all the beer residue out. After 10-15 minutes you can easily peel the labels off (with most...