Bottling it! (with pictures)

liamtmt7 · Post by **liamtmt7** » Wed May 28, 2014 8:40 pm

neilmcca wrote:I've seen one or 2 people here mention that they use a little bottler attached via an auto-syphon, seems like a really quick and easy way to bottle,
If you fast forward to 2:53 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO974evrM5Y you will see what i mean.
i'd prefer this method as opposed to having the little bottler attached to my bucket, less bending over and i could have all my bottles ready in 2 crates and fill them in one go without picking a single one up (until i have to cap them).
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How does the auto-syphon work with that? I didnt mind the bottling at first but its becoming a bit of a pain now. I like the idea of being able to have all my bottles pre-crated and filling from a bottler on the length of tubing.

neilmcca · Post by **neilmcca** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:30 pm

I don't use the auto syphon,
read my later post, just above yours,
i have a "little bottler" attached via a hose to my bottling buckets tap, it's just as good.

liamtmt7 · Post by **liamtmt7** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:08 pm

sorry Neil missed that post.

is it just any food grade hose? Sanitised of course?

neilmcca · Post by **neilmcca** » Thu May 29, 2014 8:58 pm

liamtmt7 wrote:sorry Neil missed that post.

is it just any food grade hose? Sanitised of course?

yeah, same as this

liamtmt7 · Post by **liamtmt7** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:24 pm

magic cheers mate

neilmcca · Post by **neilmcca** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:17 am

it was a bit of a pain setting it up, i got hose that fitted inside the tap on the bottling bucket,
but to connect the other end of the hose to the little bottler i had to get a pipe reducer, but not necessarily that size, so get your tape measure out.

simmyb · Post by **simmyb** » Fri May 30, 2014 9:16 pm

neilmcca wrote: on bottling day, i give each bottle a quick shake, empty and sanitise on bottle rinser with VWP (my bottle caps are also sanitised in the VWP in bottle rinser), put on bottling tree to drain.

I thought you had to rinse VWP out, do you not?

neilmcca · Post by **neilmcca** » Fri May 30, 2014 9:31 pm

i don't, i haven't for 2 years and i'm still here,
but i guess it comes down to how much u use.

bigtoe · Post by **bigtoe** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:51 pm

neilmcca wrote:i don't, i haven't for 2 years and i'm still here,
but i guess it comes down to how much u use.

you get no after taste?

last time i left a few drops in my bottles all i could taste was TCP and hardly any beer!

neilmcca · Post by **neilmcca** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:56 pm

Nope, but maybe my palate isn't as refined as most

Jocky · Post by **Jocky** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:50 pm

Bit of a random one here, but I finally tried the dishwasher bottling last night.

I've avoided brewing/bottling in my kitchen (all outside on the patio usually), but last night was too cold to go bottling outside.

So instead I drained my pre-starsanned bottled on the dishwasher rack, put my bottling bucket over the door and then bottled over the open dishwasher door. At the end there was no mess on the floor and I was still toasty warm.

WIN!

Rookie · Post by **Rookie** » Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:29 pm

Three gallons of best bitter.

MashBag · Post by **MashBag** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:39 am

How times change.

My bottling tree is gathering dust and I no longer use sanitiser.

Rookie · Post by **Rookie** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:08 pm

32 bottles of saison.

MashBag · Post by **MashBag** » Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:46 am

Good work - do you crimp them separately?
I like all my bottles pre-crated, filling on a party tap, and crimping in the crate.

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