I'm processing the pic's tomorrow and will complete the thread then. I timed myself tonight with a dozen 750ml bottles during my bottling session. Which was 36 bottles and a cornie. From picking up the first bottle, sterilising, priming, filling and capping 12 bottles-9min 46 Seconds.
I've seen some homebrewers claiming that one hour for 20 bottles is fast? :shock: One hour for 20 bottles is not worth the hour of my time I'm afraid-I may as well go and buy beer.
I use 70% Meth solution as a contact steriliser in a spray bottle-For those who worry about some 'make believe' health issues(and that is exactly what they are-make believe) here is what I do. 5 quick sprays into the rinsed and clean bottle=5ml(70%sloution). Swirl solution around bottle and shake out. Remaining solution=less than .5ml. Think about that for a second-less than .5ml residue of 70% meth solution. If your that worried about it rinse it out with a little bit of water. Overall cost of .5ml of 70% meth solution=I can't be bothered to work it out. It's next to nothing. Time it takes=nano seconds. Nasties it kills=everything that can fark your brew.
Here's the procedure I use :thumb:
I rinse all my bottles once they are poured. When I have a crate(12) I then put these into my dishwasher with no rinse aid in and run them through a standard wash cycle. These then get stored upside down back in the crate. I simply grab a crate and start my bottling procedure. Which goes like this
Give bottle 5 good sprays of 70% Meth Solution. Swirl around and pour out. Shake bottle to get rid of majority of residue. Pop in a carb drop(these are so cheap and convenient I don't know why everyone doesn't use them) and fill with a bottle filler. Pick up cap and give small mist of Meth solution, shake out excess. Cap bottle. Done.
Done-in less than a minute you can pick out your bottle, sterilse it, prime it, fill it, cap it.
For me the best thing about knowing how the commercial and brewmasters brew is the time they don't waste. The tricks of the trade.
It took me longer to stick the labels on
I've seen some homebrewers claiming that one hour for 20 bottles is fast? :shock: One hour for 20 bottles is not worth the hour of my time I'm afraid-I may as well go and buy beer.
I use 70% Meth solution as a contact steriliser in a spray bottle-For those who worry about some 'make believe' health issues(and that is exactly what they are-make believe) here is what I do. 5 quick sprays into the rinsed and clean bottle=5ml(70%sloution). Swirl solution around bottle and shake out. Remaining solution=less than .5ml. Think about that for a second-less than .5ml residue of 70% meth solution. If your that worried about it rinse it out with a little bit of water. Overall cost of .5ml of 70% meth solution=I can't be bothered to work it out. It's next to nothing. Time it takes=nano seconds. Nasties it kills=everything that can fark your brew.
Here's the procedure I use :thumb:
I rinse all my bottles once they are poured. When I have a crate(12) I then put these into my dishwasher with no rinse aid in and run them through a standard wash cycle. These then get stored upside down back in the crate. I simply grab a crate and start my bottling procedure. Which goes like this
Give bottle 5 good sprays of 70% Meth Solution. Swirl around and pour out. Shake bottle to get rid of majority of residue. Pop in a carb drop(these are so cheap and convenient I don't know why everyone doesn't use them) and fill with a bottle filler. Pick up cap and give small mist of Meth solution, shake out excess. Cap bottle. Done.
Done-in less than a minute you can pick out your bottle, sterilse it, prime it, fill it, cap it.
For me the best thing about knowing how the commercial and brewmasters brew is the time they don't waste. The tricks of the trade.
It took me longer to stick the labels on