pre-bottling sterilisation

[kay-jay]

hi,

given that sterilising a shed full of 500ml bottles for bottling each brew is such a ball-ache i was wondering whether it is ok to sterilise and rinse my bottles in batches starting a couple of days prior to bottling and using some of these

to seal my ale bottles,

and by the same token using these for my glass bottles


will any drips of water remaining in the bottles stagnate?? or is this an acceptable practice??

thanks

KJ

[worts n ale]

i use those white plastic ones and never had any problem i sterilise bottles with videne leave them to drain on the bottle tree then cap them
( caps are left soaking in a weak videne solution ) ready for the following days bottling .

[ger]

Ive never had a problem with my method so far... well ive only done 6 kits now so heres hoping...

I soak my bottles in sterilising solution for about an hour then simply pour out the solution and put the bottles into the dishwasher on the hottest cycle with no detergent added. Then when the bottles have dried in the dishwaher i pop them into a cardboard case and cover them with clingfilm until ready to bottle. Usually do this in two batches so never longer than two days covered with clingfilm waiting to bottle.

[Scroogemonster]

hi,

is ok to sterilise and rinse my bottles in batches starting a couple of days prior to bottling and using some of these

to seal my ale bottles,


will any drips of water remaining in the bottles stagnate?? or is this an acceptable practice??

thanks

KJ

I do something very similar. I wash 20 bottles at a time with a soda crystal solution and a bottle brush, I rinse and leave to drain on a bottle tree. After a day or so, they're usually dry.
If there is any residual condensation in any bottles after this I rest them on top of a warm radiator for 10 mins until they're dry as a bone! I then cap them with those very same plastic reseals to keep the dust out.

When it comes to bottling a brew I remove the plastic reseal, completely submerge the bottles two at a time in a bucket of StarSan solution (I keep 10 litres as a stock), drain and fill from the FV with my little bottler.

I find doing 20 bottles at a time takes the pain out of it and I always have 3 or 4 crates of clean,dry,capped bottles ready to go at a moments notice.
Regards
Kevin