Bottling / Sanitation Question

[JimFowler]

Ok, once you've cleaned your bottles (in my case, Oxiclean with a good hot rinse) and bottling times comes - what / how is the best way to do the actual sanitizing? I've got some "no rinse" sanitizer. Can you just mix that up in a bucket / container with your bottles and pull them out of the solution and immediately fill with ale & cap? Or do they need to dry first?

I don't have a bottle tree (yet), just wasn't sure how best to handle that issue. I keep my bottle caps in sanitizer until they go on the bottle so I was wondering if it's okay to just pull straight from sanitizer, shake the bottle out, and bottle the ale .....

Any advice appreciated.

 

[Revvy]

"best way" if there is such thing (in brewing there never is a best way, just a preferred way) is with a vinator....a spray bottle would have the same affect, but doesn't recirculate the sanitizer like the winator does.

Many folks before they get a vinator use the "bucket dunk, swish and drain" method.

Lot's of info here on bottling.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

 

[Newton]

I'm a noob too, but I've bottled my first 3 batches by putting my clean bottles in my dishwasher and running them on the "sani rinse" cycle. I let the bottles dry for about an hour in the dishwasher and then bottle them right in the dishwater. That saves a potential huge mess and none of my batches have been contaminated yet....(fingers crossed)

 

[GRHunter]

+1 on the Vinator. I use an Idophor solution in mine.

 

[l1ranger]

i dont have a vinator, so I fill up a bucket with sanitizer and dunk the bottles in them. pull em out, pour it out and fill it with beer and pass it to my bottle capper.

 

[brewagentjay]

I soak them in a rubbermaid bin of hot water and no rinse, then drain and turn upside in a milk crate.....then bottle.