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Bottling!

Prepare equipment:

  • Bottles
  • Capper
  • Bottle caps
  • Siphon
  • Bottling bucket
  • spigot
  • bottling wand
  • bottle tree
  • Star San
  • Vinator
  • Beer in current FV

Steps

  • Sanitize everything
  • Put Starsan in vinator with boilng water
  • Clean each bottle, then put onto bottle tree
  • Put bottle tops (plus spare) into the Vinator
  • Boil water for disolving sugar (3 times the sugar volume), then add sugar, stir then reduce heat
  • Take a hydrometer reading for FV
  • Use Siphon to take beer from primary to bollting bucket
  • Once started, add the cooled sugar water
  • Attach bottling wand to bottling bucket
  • Batch fill the bottles, putting kitchen roll underneath to catch drips
  • Cap all the bottles
  • Clean everything ready for the next brew
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