Quick sterilizing and bottling method

[Ashflash]

Sterilizing and bottling has never been my favourite chore but I can now bottle a 40 pint batch (including "sterilizing") in about an hour with no expensive equipment..
For anybody interested, here's how I do it.
First, I set my domestic hot water boiler to 80 degrees and give it half an hour to warm up. Run the tap until water is coming out at max temperature and then fill all the bottles up with it. Leave them to stand for 10 minutes and then drain them, there's no need to rinse them. (trust me, I've never had a bad bottle using this method)
Syphon the brew into a 2 litre plastic jug and when full, leave a second jug with beer syphoning into it as you start pouring the jug into the bottles, I use two funnels so I can prime the bottles two at a time. Just pour in as much beer as you can, you can top them up later, and keep an eye on that second jug, it'll break your heart if it overflows!

Bottoms up!

[mat69]

sounds complicated to me mate,i just use a little bottler..easy.

[Digby Swift]

start pouring the jug into the bottles

You're asking for oxidised beer if you do this. Best practise is to fill botles via tubing that reaches the bottom of the bottle for the least amount of disturbance.

[edit1now]

Little bottler stick on the end of a syphon tube and straw, with a clip to hold the straw onto the fermenter so it doesn't wave around. Also the patent lectern for having the FV at an angle so you get more beer out.

Ignore the pump in the picture:

[macster]

hi folks im due to bottle / barrel my frist brew tomorrow i have been collecting screw top 750 ml glass bottles as fast as i can in the last week but still only have about 16 at the moment so today i went and purchased a 5 gallon pressure barrel . i really didnt want to use a barrel as i am worried that once opened it will go flat fast and also because it has a pressure release it may vent some of the gas produced which i want to make my lager fizzy .

my question is this ... is there any reason why i cant use 2l plastic coke bottles as i can lay my hands on plenty of these ?? btw the kit i used has surpassed all my expectations all week. it turned a pale lager colour very early into the fermentation and it smells nothing like any home brew i remember from years ago. it is a sheratons pilsner kit using a beer yeast and all said i cant wait to give it a whirl but dont want to screw it up at the bottling/ barreling so some advise would be much appreciated

[Mogwyth]

Sterilizing and bottling has never been my favourite chore but I can now bottle a 40 pint batch (including "sterilizing") in about an hour with no expensive equipment..
For anybody interested, here's how I do it.
First, I set my domestic hot water boiler to 80 degrees and give it half an hour to warm up. Run the tap until water is coming out at max temperature and then fill all the bottles up with it. Leave them to stand for 10 minutes and then drain them, there's no need to rinse them. (trust me, I've never had a bad bottle using this method)

Not too dissimilar to us we have a Rayburn which if left to it's own devices will boil the domestic hot water, perfect for preping bottles, never use chemicals.

However as others have said I wouldn't use your jug method to bottle.

All I do is stick the syphon tube to the bottom of the bottle as the beer reaches the top of the bottle, pinch the tube pull it out (volume of the tube leaves the ideal gap) and into the next bottle. I can the cap the previous bottle while the second one fills. Oh and I use a plastic washing peg to hold the tube in the FV.

[Mogwyth]

hi folks im due to bottle / barrel my frist brew tomorrow i have been collecting screw top 750 ml glass bottles as fast as i can in the last week but still only have about 16 at the moment so today i went and purchased a 5 gallon pressure barrel . i really didnt want to use a barrel as i am worried that once opened it will go flat fast and also because it has a pressure release it may vent some of the gas produced which i want to make my lager fizzy .

my question is this ... is there any reason why i cant use 2l plastic coke bottles as i can lay my hands on plenty of these ?? btw the kit i used has surpassed all my expectations all week. it turned a pale lager colour very early into the fermentation and it smells nothing like any home brew i remember from years ago. it is a sheratons pilsner kit using a beer yeast and all said i cant wait to give it a whirl but dont want to screw it up at the bottling/ barreling so some advise would be much appreciated

Coke bottles should be OK, I have some Wherry Bitter in them.

[mat69]

i would never put lager in anything than glass bottles,it seems wrong in plastic,and using ale yeast is a non starter for me..

[Mogwyth]

i would never put lager in anything than glass bottles,it seems wrong in plastic,and using ale yeast is a non starter for me..

I wouldn't normaly but it was a case of needs must.

[D_C]

i would never put lager in anything than glass bottles,it seems wrong in plastic,and using ale yeast is a non starter for me..

I wouldn't normaly but it was a case of needs must.

Aaah it's fine by the time it's in your glass and your in the other room who knows/cares if it's been in a coke bottle!

[rollin danny]

Hows this then.Pour spring water out of pet bottles into f.v to put brew on.Syphon previous brew straight into empty pet bottles and put the top on.No sterilising !

[mat69]

ok boys lets have a quick poll,glass or plastic for your lager and give your reasons..

[brysie]

.Pour spring water out of pet bottles into f.v to put brew on.Syphon previous brew straight into empty pet bottles and put the top on.No sterilising !

is that really ok? how do you know that your water is sanitised?

glass or plastic for your lager and give your reasons..

well ive used plastic because thats what came with my coopers kit, but you cant beat cracking the top off a proper glass bottle.
mind ive been a proper pikey, going through the bins at my local [fupn bin diver thanks simon ] had a blinding result off freecycle though..
got about a hundred bottles off a retiring brewer.

however needs must when the devil farts in your face.

[mat69]

but you cant beat cracking the top off a proper glass bottle.

thats one to us mate

[rollin danny]

is that really ok? how do you know that your water is sanitised?

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