I'm doing the NB bourbon barrel porter recipe right now. I sanitized a jar, put in the oak chips & the bourbon. In a few days I'll be transferring the jar's contents & my porter to a secondary (a 5gal better bottle) for a week or two in order to soak up the oaky, bourbony goodness.
It occurred to me that I have no idea how to get the cubes into my better bottle in a sanitary way. I've got a funnel but I am 99% sure the cubes are too big to pass through it. Pouring won't work as the opening of the better bottle is too small. I suppose I could make sure my hands are clean, soak them in starsan and then drop the cubes in by hand?
It occurred to me that I have no idea how to get the cubes into my better bottle in a sanitary way. I've got a funnel but I am 99% sure the cubes are too big to pass through it. Pouring won't work as the opening of the better bottle is too small. I suppose I could make sure my hands are clean, soak them in starsan and then drop the cubes in by hand?