Ive never sanitized my o2 barrier caps without issue and Ive bottled over 30 batches...
So I'll be doing my bottling with a Vinator bottle washer using Starsan and a bottle tree. Let's say I wash 50 bottles and put them on the tree. By the time I get through half of my bottling the remaining bottles on the tree may have partially or all the way dried out inside. Some say you shouldn't let Starsan dry out. Does anyone think It's going to be a problem if some of the bottles have started to dry out? How critical is this?
An easy solution would be to just wash a few bottles at a time, but I would prefer to wash them all at once.
So I'll be doing my bottling with a Vinator bottle washer using Starsan and a bottle tree. Let's say I wash 50 bottles and put them on the tree. By the time I get through half of my bottling the remaining bottles on the tree may have partially or all the way dried out inside. Some say you shouldn't let Starsan dry out. Does anyone think It's going to be a problem if some of the bottles have started to dry out? How critical is this?
An easy solution would be to just wash a few bottles at a time, but I would prefer to wash them all at once.
So I'll be doing my bottling with a Vinator bottle washer using Starsan and a bottle tree. Let's say I wash 50 bottles and put them on the tree. By the time I get through half of my bottling the remaining bottles on the tree may have partially or all the way dried out inside. Some say you shouldn't let Starsan dry out. Does anyone think It's going to be a problem if some of the bottles have started to dry out? How critical is this?
An easy solution would be to just wash a few bottles at a time, but I would prefer to wash them all at once.
I put my bottles in the dishwasher and use heated dry. It's an all at once solution and very handy since you're bottling on the dishwasher door anyway.
I put my bottles in the dishwasher and use heated dry. It's an all at once solution and very handy since you're bottling on the dishwasher door anyway.
When I bottle I just write on the bottlecap with a sharpie a letter code for the name of the beer I brewed. For Example, Old Bog Road (my brown ale) is simply OBR...If I have multiple batches of the same beer going at the same time, I will add a letter code as well.
I took this one bit further. I definitely don't have the patience for removing labels or putting them on. So I keep a huge collection of different bottle caps, and do each batch with a different color cap. On my fridge I have a magnetic dry erase board. Currently I'm low on inventory but it says:
English Nut Brown--Silver cap
Blonde Ale--USA flag cap
Helps me keep track without doing any extra work than just capping.
Bottling hack. Use a dishwashing glass rack from a restaurant to keep from knocking the bottles over while bottling.
Same here. I read somewhere that co2 actually forms and pushes oxygen out if you leave them prior to capping.
I used the tips in this thread to bottle last week, thanks to everyone's tips it went much smoother than usual.
I will say though that using a screw on PVC pipe + elbow for a dip tube did not work too well at pulling all the beer out of the bucket. The siphon stopped once the beer level reach down to about spigot level and I still needed to tilt the bucket to get the last two beers out of the bucket.
Next time I'll try to use the cork + copper piper method instead, guessing the smaller diameter tube may help keep the siphon going longer.
Next time I'll try to use the cork + copper piper method instead, guessing the smaller diameter tube may help keep the siphon going longer.
The important thing is to have a good deal on your diptube elbow whatnot. I had to add an extra gasket to get it to seal properly on the elbow but no longer have to use the nut from the spigot
The important thing is to have a good deal on your diptube elbow whatnot. I had to add an extra gasket to get it to seal properly on the elbow but no longer have to use the nut from the spigot
Please don't use duct tape inside your bottling bucket
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