Bottling's a pain but....

[estricklin]

My bottling got easier when I started bottling on the Dish washer door.

Good idea. I never could figure out why people bottle hunked over on the floor. I sit my bottling bucket on top of my stand up deep freeze, and then run the hose over to my island. I bottle comfortably sitting in a kitchen chair. It makes a huge difference.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I bottled for years, eventually kegged, sold off most of my gear in a divorce, and when I started brewing again, I never went back to kegging. I like the process of bottling, and like the convenience of storage and transport of bottled. I even like making labels.

The two things I used to hate was washing bottles, and sanitizing them. Now it's easy because I wash as I drink and put them away top down to keep out anything, and with a vinator and starsan, sanitizing is a breeze!

 

[Malty_Dog]

Now it's easy because I wash as I drink and put them away top down to keep out anything, and with a vinator and starsan, sanitizing is a breeze!

Ditto. Love the vinator!:rockin:

 

[unionrdr]

Here's a two part bottling video I did some time ago. I've got a bad back & hips,so I need to sit down with everything at arm's length.


It was hot that day too. Lookin a bit greasy...hormonal nosedive not helping either.

 

[bethebrew]

Bethebrew, I haven't had to adjust the priming sugar.
If you need help Steve is as helpful as you could want, I can always answer a question or two as well, I use the pump a lot!

Thanks pumpkinman, I'll keep the priming sugar the same.

No real questions now, I should get it next week and bottle with it next weekend I hope. Waiting on a couple of saisons to finish, so may have a question after that.

 

[SPR-GRN]

Now that I keg I give out less beer, so it's kinda a win-win for me - I just fill a growler if I'm going somewhere and want to bring beer with me
I dislike bottling now that I keg.

 

[stazon]

I bottle based on style. I don't mind pouring pale ales and IPAs from my tap, but I prefer my belgian beers bottle conditioned and corked.

 

[SPR-GRN]

I bottle based on style. I don't mind pouring pale ales and IPAs from my tap, but I prefer my belgian beers bottle conditioned and corked.

thats a good point - I don't brew belgians, although I freaking love them (had much ommegang this weekend thanks to my father in law). If the style dictates I bottle, I will probably bottle, although I don't serve my stouts on nitro because I don't have nitro... eventually though, eventually..

 

[firestem4]

I don't mind bottling, but I need a better setup next time. I accidentally knocked over a bottle or two and had no safe place to set my bottling wand down.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I don't mind bottling, but I need a better setup next time. I accidentally knocked over a bottle or two and had no safe place to set my bottling wand down.

If you're holding your bottling wand, I suggest you check out Revvy's sticky on the Bottling forum. Bottling got so much easier when I started using a short stub of tubing between my spigot and my wand. The pics really help in the thread.

 

[estricklin]

If you're holding your bottling wand, I suggest you check out Revvy's sticky on the Bottling forum. Bottling got so much easier when I started using a short stub of tubing between my spigot and my wand. The pics really help in the thread.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Thanks pumpkinman, I'll keep the priming sugar the same.

No real questions now, I should get it next week and bottle with it next weekend I hope. Waiting on a couple of saisons to finish, so may have a question after that.

I'd love it if you'd post again about your priming sugar results. Since the pump works on a vacuum and pulls CO2 out of suspension as it pumps, I could see how you might have to adjust your priming sugar upwards a bit to account for the lower CO2 in solution (like using more sugar when you've done a warmer ferment). But I think the trade off would be totally worth it, because it seems like between drawing some of the oxygen out of the bottle, introducing some of the dissolved CO2 into the headspace, and the uniform fill on every bottle, this could be a dream machine! And since I bottle wine too, it would be a double win!

 

[firestem4]

If you're holding your bottling wand, I suggest you check out Revvy's sticky on the Bottling forum. Bottling got so much easier when I started using a short stub of tubing between my spigot and my wand. The pics really help in the thread.

I'll check that out! Thanks!