Cheesefood
Well-Known Member
Here's what I did when I bottled:
I put all the bottles in my dishwasher and ran it on hot with no soap. This cleaned and sanitized them.
Then I pulled a chair up next to my dishwasher, opened the door and used it as a bottling platform. Pull a bottle out from the rack, bottle it on the dishwasher door, cap it and put it in the box. Repeat 45 times.
This is a No-Mess way of bottling. All the spilled beer stays trapped on the dishwasher door. I set the cane on the door while I capped (since the door was obviously pretty clean) and got everything finished in about a half-hour. When I was done I simply loaded up the dishwasher with all the stuff I had just used (sieves, ladel, glasses, etc) closed the door and ran it again. Voila. No sticky mess everywhere.
I put all the bottles in my dishwasher and ran it on hot with no soap. This cleaned and sanitized them.
Then I pulled a chair up next to my dishwasher, opened the door and used it as a bottling platform. Pull a bottle out from the rack, bottle it on the dishwasher door, cap it and put it in the box. Repeat 45 times.
This is a No-Mess way of bottling. All the spilled beer stays trapped on the dishwasher door. I set the cane on the door while I capped (since the door was obviously pretty clean) and got everything finished in about a half-hour. When I was done I simply loaded up the dishwasher with all the stuff I had just used (sieves, ladel, glasses, etc) closed the door and ran it again. Voila. No sticky mess everywhere.