Hey everyone,
Just started my first batch yesterday and its bubbling along nicely (fingers crossed). When I come to bottle from the fermentor is there any special technique to use?
The kit I bought has a tap and a sediment reducer with a valve at the bottom. Is it simply a matter of pushing the bottle up to open the valve and let the beer fill into the bottle or do you need to tilt the bottle as if you were pouring a beer from a keg to a glass?
Cheers,
cliffo
Bottling the Brew
if it was a coopers kit it has a small tube that fits in the tap, plus a thingie that allows you to pour only when it's pressed, so you can leave the tap open, put the tube in the bottle, press the tube against the bottom of the bottle, and that'll start the flow, then remove the bottle when full, and it'll stop flowing.
If not a coopers kit, maybe get one, it's pretty handy.
The idea is that you want as few bubbles as possible. For one foam will make it harder to bottle, and you don't want to much oxygen in your beer.
If not a coopers kit, maybe get one, it's pretty handy.
The idea is that you want as few bubbles as possible. For one foam will make it harder to bottle, and you don't want to much oxygen in your beer.
Its not a Coopers kit but has a similar "thingie". Thanks for the input...a few more days then i'll get to try my hand at bottling.kitkat wrote:if it was a coopers kit it has a small tube that fits in the tap, plus a thingie that allows you to pour only when it's pressed, so you can leave the tap open, put the tube in the bottle, press the tube against the bottom of the bottle, and that'll start the flow, then remove the bottle when full, and it'll stop flowing.
cheers,
cliffo
G'day cliffo,
Nah, just plug it in and start filling, the only thing to remember is that you will need to sanitize the tube and valve before you start, and I usually drain the first 1/4 cup off to clear any yeast etc. from the tap and sediment reducer. If you let the bottles fill almost to the top, when you remove them from the tube the space taken up by that will leave the correct amount of space in the bottle, easy! (and don't forget to remove the airlock or losen the lid before you start)
Nah, just plug it in and start filling, the only thing to remember is that you will need to sanitize the tube and valve before you start, and I usually drain the first 1/4 cup off to clear any yeast etc. from the tap and sediment reducer. If you let the bottles fill almost to the top, when you remove them from the tube the space taken up by that will leave the correct amount of space in the bottle, easy! (and don't forget to remove the airlock or losen the lid before you start)
Ross
Just curious, do you cap them in the crate. ??????BPJ wrote:An simple idea i use is a metre of food grade tube, between the tap and the bottler. I leqave the bottles in the crate and move the bottler around to each bottle. saves lifting a few dozen bottels and saves time.
Normell
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