goodbyebluesky82
Well-Known Member
I bottled my 4th batch in maybe 65-70 minutes. I was running like crazy, and only bottled about 42 bottles, all 12 ouncers with crown caps. That 70 minute timeframe included sanitizing all the bottles and my bottling wand, but not much of a cleanup (I did that when I got home from work).
What I find helps is:
1)using my brewpot to dunk 10 or so bottles at a time in starsan solution
2)instead of siphoning I just use my bottle wand and tubing to fill up the bottling bucket, if I have it set right it just flows all on its own and lets me mess with the bottles.
3)I use milk crates to store my bottled beer, and I use 2 of them stacked to sit on while bottling over the D/W. I can still reach the counter to reach for a new bottle while the one in my hand is still filling. Timing is pretty important or you'll make a mess though.
4)When the bottles are full, I cap 'em, and in the crates they go. 2 crates hold a 48 bottle batch, unless its my sierra nevada bottles- they are a little chunkier.
If I add some 22 oz bombers, and some more grolsch bottles I can get my time down even further. I would love to bottle while mashing, or during the boil and get my brewin' done in a single day.
What I find helps is:
1)using my brewpot to dunk 10 or so bottles at a time in starsan solution
2)instead of siphoning I just use my bottle wand and tubing to fill up the bottling bucket, if I have it set right it just flows all on its own and lets me mess with the bottles.
3)I use milk crates to store my bottled beer, and I use 2 of them stacked to sit on while bottling over the D/W. I can still reach the counter to reach for a new bottle while the one in my hand is still filling. Timing is pretty important or you'll make a mess though.
4)When the bottles are full, I cap 'em, and in the crates they go. 2 crates hold a 48 bottle batch, unless its my sierra nevada bottles- they are a little chunkier.
If I add some 22 oz bombers, and some more grolsch bottles I can get my time down even further. I would love to bottle while mashing, or during the boil and get my brewin' done in a single day.
