bottling

[jeremydoran]

my first batch of brew (IPA) is in secondary fermenter. im getting ready to bottle it on sunday. is there any suggestions i should know about before i bottle? any tips aabout adding the sugar and bottling process would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

 

[Revvy]

Whole sticky full of tips here;

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

 

[Pezman1]

I learned how to successfully and efficiently bottle from the thread Revvy posted. Read the whole thing through.

In addition, I found that using 22oz bottles really speeds up the process! You do have to spend the money on them over saving 12s, but its worth it to me.

Your first bottling session will take awhile, but you will get much faster with future batches.

Pez.

 

[Pivovar_Koucky]

I agree, bigger bottles are the way to go. Every time I go to buy beer from the store I pick up a Samuel Smith's 22 oz. or something like that so I will have the bigger bottles instead of the smaller ones. If you do use the bigger bottles I would suggest leaving a bit more headspace to prevent explosions. I usually go for 1-1.5 in.

 

[BeerJorge]

Whole sticky full of tips here;

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

+1. Great sticky.... covers pretty much everything I can think of right now...

 

[jeremydoran]

very helpful thank you kind sir

 

[jeremydoran]

i read revvys post thoroughly and i am confident i have a great understanding of a simple bottling process. the bigger bottle makes sense as well

 

[Homercidal]

Indeed there are methods and equipment that can make bottling nearly enjoyable, and that thread should be required reading for any new homebrewer!

My favorite shortcut is to enlist your 10 yo daughter to shuttle bottles between the rack and the bottling bucket, and form the bottling bucket to the table for capping. She's real helper, God bless her.

 

[SumnerH]

I agree, bigger bottles are the way to go. Every time I go to buy beer from the store I pick up a Samuel Smith's 22 oz. or something like that so I will have the bigger bottles instead of the smaller ones. If you do use the bigger bottles I would suggest leaving a bit more headspace to prevent explosions. I usually go for 1-1.5 in.

I agree, but I'd also recommend doing at least a couple of 6-packs in 12oz bottles. Sometimes you don't want a full 22oz, sometimes you want to grab a sixer to take on the road and not worry about losing big bottles, etc.