Bottle washing - Can I bottle when not 100% dry/

[Oscar]

Have just washed my stubbies with a smidge of bleach, then drained, then washed thoroughly with water.
Stuck them on my new bottle drying tree, but within 90mins I am keen to bottle.

There will be some water droplets in the bottles remaining... Can I bottle my brew in these?

[shane_vor]

I do it all the time. What do you reckon a couple of extra drops of water will do to your brew which is what 99% water?

[Oscar]

Hehe, true dat Shane.

Just paranoid. I would slit my wrists if I waited 4+ weeks for a brew I ruined coz I couldn't wait an extra 6-12 hrs.

[WSC]

Don't stress about washing bottles.

I can absolutely recommend morgans no rinse sanitise.

Add 30ml to 1 litre of water in you bottle washer on top of the tree and wash 60 or so stubbies is 20mins tops, no rinsing no stress. I also have a bench capper which should be standard with any starter kit.

I have my system down pat so that 20 odd litres can be bottled by 1 person in under an hour.

It's too easy.

[zook37]

Mate I bottled just this morning with wet glass. The bottles were sanitised, then rinsed 20 minutes later. Within 10 minutes I primes (yes primes into wet bottles so the sugar effectively starts to dissolve) Then bottled about 3/4 of an hour later. Have done this several times so far without incident. A little bit of water is the least of you worries!

[Oliver]

My view is that you should bottle as soon after sanitising as possible.

As has been said, if there's a bit of water in the bottles you're hardly going to notice any difference in terms of dilution of the beer, but if you wait for them to dry you risk some nasties settling in the bottles and infecting your finished beer.

I know what I'd rather!

Cheers,

Oliver