What to do when you have to bottle 360 beers?

[FSR402]

You take the day off from work and get working.... That's what I did yesterday.

Here are the bottles that need to be filled.

The beer that needs to be bottled

The "bottling bucket" sprayed down with star san and now being run thru the valve.

Racking the beer into the "bottling bucket".

Being mixed with the priming sugar.

work station all set up.

Time to get to work.

My helper doing his part.

the last one.

done and boxed up to carb. My cats are going to keep them safe for me.

 

[JJL]

Hope that you have a lot of thirsty friends that can be bribed with the finished product.

 

[brewkrew]

holy bottles... unreal amount of beer... special occasion? or just a bulk brewer?

 

[bknifefight]

I take it that it was all the same beer? That's a crazy amount!

 

[KillerKellers]

Holy crap... time to consider investing in kegs?

 

[FSR402]

yes all the same beer all brewed as one batch but fermented in buckets and carboys because it's easier to deal with.
I have not bottled in 4 years, keg only but this brew was not for me. The guy helping me bottle it wanted it for a party coming up. I was not about to tie up my fridge and 7 kegs for two weeks of carbing and he has no way to serve or chill them.
Bottling it was the only choice.

 

[KillerKellers]

Hah, well then.. thats a pretty good reason to bottle! Looks like you guys had a good time anyway. Hopefully the party appreciates all of your hard work!

 

[HokieBrewer]

Are their any concerns with priming sugar not equally distributing in a batch that large?

 

[elpresidente]

Are their any concerns with priming sugar not equally distributing in a batch that large?

Thats what I was wondering...I am thinking that you would probably have to occasionally stir it as you are bottling to make sure the priming sugar stays mixed well.

I am curious to find out if all of them are carbed equally after it is all said and done...

 

[FSR402]

Are their any concerns with priming sugar not equally distributing in a batch that large?

That is a small concern. I put the sugar (36oz) into a half gallon of water and boiled it for 30 minutes, chilled it and then put that into the barrel. I then racked the beer into it with the hose kind of coiled on the bottom to make it swirl. I then let it sit for 1 hour before I started to bottle.
I should have taken a gravity reading when I started but I did not think of it. I did take one at the end after all the bottles plus 3 extra 12oz and one half gallon flip-top was filled. It was 1.020. that's .008 over the FG.
I would not think that dissolved sugars would settle out.