Table of Contents

• Equipment List
• Bottling Procedure
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Equipment List

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Bottling Steps

1. Clean all equipment with no-fragrance detergent or PBW.  Get sanitization bucket and materials ready.  Clean the following:
   • Stirring paddle, 48-50 x 12 oz bottles, 48-50 bottle caps, tubing, bottling bucket, spray bottle, auto-siphon, stove top, 4 qt pitcher, bottle rinser
2. Making Priming Solution
   • Boil 16 oz water, add 2/3 cup of corn sugar
   • Let cool down off burner with lid on
3. Make Sanitizing Solution
   • Add 5 gallons of warm water to food-grade bucket
   • Stir in 1.0 oz of Star San
   • Alternatively, make 2 x 2.5 gallon batches of sanitizer to make it easier to pour into the tub
4. Setup bottle rinser
   • Add 4.5 gallons of sanitizing solution to 7 gallon tub
   • Assemble bottle rinser (e.g. if using FastRack)
   • Alternatively, the bottles can be filled with sanitizing solution by hand (but this takes a lot longer)
5. Rinse and sanitize 50 bottle caps
6. Transfer beer to bottling bucket
   • Measure Final Gravity (FG) using a hydrometer or read the data from a Tilt
   • Sanitize bottling bucket with spray bottle, close valve
   • Add priming solution to bottling bucket
   • Connect vinyl tubing to catalyst or autosiphon and transfer beer to bottling bucket. Make sure tube touches bottom of bottling bucket to prevent oxidation
   • Once the beer is fully transfered, stir gently with a sanitized paddle to further mix priming solution, then place a lid loosely on the bucket and put on a table
7. Start bottle washer and sanitize 2 x 24 bottles on FastRack trays
8. Setup bottling “Factory” and begin bottling
   • Stage on a table near a chair
     • Bottling Bucket, sanitized bottles, empty box for putting filled bottles, bottle capper, sanitized caps, pot to catch drips from bottling bucket
   • Affix 7-8″ sanitized vinyl tube to spigot on bottling bucket
   • Fill up a bottle until it is about a thumb length from the top
   • Slowly close the valve and pull the bottle down away from the tube
   • Load a sanitized cap into the capper, adjust the height and cap!
   • Place filled bottle into the box and repeat until all the beer is gone
9. Place boxes of bottles into a dark room at room temp for 1-2 weeks
10. Pour into a glass and enjoy!

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