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re: Looks Like a Fine Night to Brew some Beer....Updated Bottling
Posted on 5/3/13 at 7:17 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 5/3/13 at 7:17 pm to Zappas Stache
Be back in a few days to Bottle.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 7:23 pm to kfizzle85
Awesome, awesome thread
Kfizzle, the entire process in this thread is really complicated for a beginner. My first two brews were much, much easier. You just have to buy a starter kit, a beer kit, and you're good to go.
Kfizzle, the entire process in this thread is really complicated for a beginner. My first two brews were much, much easier. You just have to buy a starter kit, a beer kit, and you're good to go.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 8:35 pm to TheOcean
Naw man I'm not dicking around with a kit, I got the idea and I'm not worried about doing it at all.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 9:10 pm to kfizzle85
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:20 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:
Be back in a few days to Bottle.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:23 pm to K9
I think Zappa has bigger fish to fry tonight than his beer.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:28 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
I think Zappa has bigger fish to fry tonight than his beer.
well I'm glad somebody bumped this thread. I hadn't seen his latest update.
My Strawberry Honey blonde from the thread I posted a bunch of pictures in is drinking real nice.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 12:04 am to s14suspense
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well I'm glad somebody bumped this thread. I hadn't seen his latest update.
I have bottled but haven't had time to post. Will try to update tomorrow if I don't get washed away tonight......anybody have any bed sheets I can borrow?
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:40 am to Zappas Stache
I'm enjoying the heck outta this thread
Posted on 5/16/13 at 6:48 pm to WooooLSU
I dry hopped in the secondary for 10 days.
Lets Bottle! Many people don't enjoy bottling and so they buy kegging equipment. That's fine, but I generally have 5-10 different brews in bottles which would mean investing in a multi-keg system. I don't mind bottling. Cleaning the bottles is what is time consuming but I try not to clean 40-50 bottles all at once. I'll clean 10-15 one day. 10-15 a few days later....pretty soon I have 100 clean bottles.
Cleaning: First, you can save bottles from commercial brewers. Just pour your beer and immediately rinse the bottle with water. Fill it up with tap water once, I fill twice and empty. Try to only save the bottles that are not Screw cap type. These don't seal as well. Soon you have a bunch of empties sitting around.
Next, I take all thse empties and soak them in a container filled with Oxy Clean. Oxy Clean is a great cleaner for all your beer equipment and bottles. Soaking bottles or equipment in Oxy Clean for a couple of days = no scrubing hardly ever. If your bottles still have the labels on them, the oxy clean melts its off 90% of the time.
I use a plastic storage bin as my cleaning container.
Empty collection:
Lets Bottle! Many people don't enjoy bottling and so they buy kegging equipment. That's fine, but I generally have 5-10 different brews in bottles which would mean investing in a multi-keg system. I don't mind bottling. Cleaning the bottles is what is time consuming but I try not to clean 40-50 bottles all at once. I'll clean 10-15 one day. 10-15 a few days later....pretty soon I have 100 clean bottles.
Cleaning: First, you can save bottles from commercial brewers. Just pour your beer and immediately rinse the bottle with water. Fill it up with tap water once, I fill twice and empty. Try to only save the bottles that are not Screw cap type. These don't seal as well. Soon you have a bunch of empties sitting around.
Next, I take all thse empties and soak them in a container filled with Oxy Clean. Oxy Clean is a great cleaner for all your beer equipment and bottles. Soaking bottles or equipment in Oxy Clean for a couple of days = no scrubing hardly ever. If your bottles still have the labels on them, the oxy clean melts its off 90% of the time.
I use a plastic storage bin as my cleaning container.
Empty collection:
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 5/16/13 at 6:58 pm to Zappas Stache
After soaking the bottles for a couple of days, rinse them thoroughly. I usually fill, empty and repeat 4-5 times per bottle. Be Zen.
I put the rinsed bottles upside down into a basket with a towel to catch drainage. This is actually an old bicycle basket.
I put the rinsed bottles upside down into a basket with a towel to catch drainage. This is actually an old bicycle basket.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 7:44 pm to Coater
After the bottles have dried, I put a foil "cap" on each one. This tells me which bottles have been washed vs. the other empties I have sitting around. But more importantly, we will be baking the bottles in the oven to sterilize them. After that, with the foil caps on, the bottles can be stored and will remain sterilized indefinitely. In reality, I may let a batch of bottles sit for a week before I fill them with the nectar of the gods. Otherwise, I will just bake them again when time comes to use them.
Bottles into a spare oven I have. Put the bottles in before you turn on the oven so as not to shock the glass and cause breakage. Bake at....well, I go 400 for 1 hour. Palmer (How to Brew) has the exact temps you can use in his book.....maybe 360 for 45 minutes. Bake at least a day before you want to bottle to give them time to cool down.
Bottles into a spare oven I have. Put the bottles in before you turn on the oven so as not to shock the glass and cause breakage. Bake at....well, I go 400 for 1 hour. Palmer (How to Brew) has the exact temps you can use in his book.....maybe 360 for 45 minutes. Bake at least a day before you want to bottle to give them time to cool down.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 7:52 pm to Zappas Stache
The next day is bottling day. We need to add sugar to our beer so the yeast can eat anf fart out C02 which will give us carbonation. The yeast have already eaten all the sugars from the grains we mashed at the beginning to produce alcohol. C02 is the byproduct and the reason we had a blow off tube in our primary fermenter....to relieve the pressure build up. This time, we will have caps on the bottles so pressure will build up in them. So you need to carefully measure how much sugar you put in the beer. Too much and Kapow, bottle break. Not enough and the beer will be flat. General rule of thumb is 3/4 of a cup of corn sugar per 5 gallon batch of beer. Corn sugar is a cheap sugar available at your Homebrew store. It has no flavor so wont affect your beer. You can use most any sugar, even table sugar. But you'll get differing results. I've used turbinado sugar before and I didnt notice a taste. So I get my corn sugar that is stored in the fridge.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 7:54 pm to Zappas Stache
I measure the weight these days instead of using a visual measure of 3/4 cup. I have a 6 gallon batch so my brewing software tells me 4.9 oz is what I need.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 7:56 pm to Zappas Stache
Mix in filtered water....no exact amount. I just put in enough to cover plus a half inch above the corn sugar.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:00 pm to Zappas Stache
Pop it in the microwave and boil to sanitize everything. You need to do this at least an hour before you bottle to allow the sugar to cool.
Take your bottle of spray sanitizer and spray down a piece of foil. We will cover the sugar when its done boiling to keep germs out.
I let the sugar boil for 5 minutes and then open the hatch and quickly cover with the foil. I wear gloves to protect my delicate hands.
Then into the freezer to cool to at least 80.
Take your bottle of spray sanitizer and spray down a piece of foil. We will cover the sugar when its done boiling to keep germs out.
I let the sugar boil for 5 minutes and then open the hatch and quickly cover with the foil. I wear gloves to protect my delicate hands.
Then into the freezer to cool to at least 80.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:45 pm to Zappas Stache
While waiting on the sugar to cool, we can sanitize our bottling bucket.
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