bottle sanitizing

[riverfrontbrewer]

Pretz-

I wasn't taking offence, just when I went back and re-read all 3 pages I thought everybody had decent (but different) ways of doing it. I don't believe that any sanitizing is "overrated". I, like some, probabaly over sanitize but it does give me peace of mind.

 

[Stoopidwon]

My first batch I used bottles purchased from midwest. I just used the dishwasher approach. That batch has taken 7 weeks to get any carbonation very slow, may be a coincidence or something else in my process. I have since started using Revvys process, only I dunk my bottles in a bucket, and my last 2 batches have worked great. I would recommend using his process, it seems to work well.

 

[Bioguy1975]

Rather than hijack this thread, I staretd a new thread about swing top sanitization and some questions with that.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/swing-bottle-sanitization-142744/

 

[Chips]

The best two investments I've made in bottling is a bottle washer:

...and a tree:

Takes about 15 minutes to sanitize an entire batch of bottles. You can even do it while your beer is racking into your bottling bucket!

 

[Revvy]

The best two investments I've made in bottling is a bottle washer:

...and a tree:

Takes about 15 minutes to sanitize an entire batch of bottles. You can even do it while your beer is racking into your bottling bucket!

The vinator I mentioned repeatedly is the bottle washer.

 

[kev7555]

Nicely put. Yeah, I was wondering what they meant when they said they weren't sanitizing but they were using a dishwasher? !? Maybe I wasn't following either...

-Kev

 

[Jaysus]

wow

(123456)

 

[bluedragon]

there IS the possibility of infections lurking...it's pretty common, and that's why we protect ourselves.

Another great sig quote...........

Seriously, though, great thread. Another aspect of brewing that I took for granted. Honestly wasn't too worried about bottling until the brew was fermenting.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

Now you guys have me all worried. I bottled my first batch yesterday.... I washed and scrubbed and brushed all of the bottles a week or so back...Stored em upside down in a closed container...Took em out a dozen at a time and set em on the table...grabbed a bottle and hit it twice with the vinator and filled it with beer and layed the cap on top. grabbed the next bottle and repeated....After I got all 12 filled a capped em... Other than notliking the one step I used revvy is that acceptable?

 

[Revvy]

Now you guys have me all worried. I bottled my first batch yesterday.... I washed and scrubbed and brushed all of the bottles a week or so back...Stored em upside down in a closed container...Took em out a dozen at a time and set em on the table...grabbed a bottle and hit it twice with the vinator and filled it with beer and layed the cap on top. grabbed the next bottle and repeated....After I got all 12 filled a capped em... Other than notliking the one step I used revvy is that acceptable?

Yeah...that's pretty much what I do, as outlined in my bottling thread, except that I use either starsan or iodophor.

 

[BeerFun]

What I do:

1: Dishwasher with soap (removes the labels if any)
2: Blast Bottle Washer
3: Starsan
4: Bottle tree

Dishwasher with soap cause I like the bottles to be shiny and clean on the outside.

Edit:

I will not use soap I again I guess. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/no-head-beer-138950/

At least my next brew will be fine, I hope

Used this soap: http://www.finish.co.uk/finish_prod...t_dishwasher_detergent/finish_max_in_one.html in the dishwasher.

Then I used the Blast bottle washer.

Then I dipped the bottles into a pot with 9.4 liters of Starsan. filled the bottle, and emptied it.

Guess the Starsan became polluted with soap leftovers (if any, its not an old dishwasher) from the outside of the bottle?

 

[sudbuster]

Sheeesh!! After reading this thread, I've decided I'm parnoid about bottling. My procedure has been to first scrub well with brush and hot PBW, then rinse with the bottle rinser, then load 48 of 'em into the HLT and BK and boil for 15 min. Use tongs to remove and drain close to the boiling suface, then imediatly cover the necks with boiled aluminum foil patches and allow to cool covered with a small blanket. When cool, begin bottling. This was one of the reasons I've been kegging for the last 9 years, but a couple cases are still needed so often for friends and family. Wierd, huh?

 

[kev7555]

Wow...I guess that is pretty anal, but no one should ever fault a guy for doing too much santizing!!

-Kev

 

[Revvy]

Wow...I guess that is pretty anal, but no one should ever fault a guy for doing too much santizing!!

-Kev

+1,000,000,000

 

[craven_morhead]

I've had good luck with the dishwasher and the sanitize setting.