caleb
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For my last two bottling batches, I decided to bake the bottles in the oven instead of using sanitizing chemicals.
I just stacked them in, set the oven to 95 degrees, and when it was hot enough, let them bake for one hour. Once done, I left them for a few hours to cool down (with the door closed). Then just remove, prime, fill, cap.
Brilliant. It is SO much easier than using chemicals, and they should in theory be totally sterilized, so more effective as well. I love it.
Only down side is that I can only fit 19 longnecks in my oven, so I had to do a few "conventionally".
However, I think my new method from now on will be:
* Once used, bottles will be given a good rinse with hot water to clean.
* Clean bottles will get capped with a small piece of aluminium foil to keep things out.
* One I have 19, they will be baked in the oven to sterilize.
* These sterilized bottles will then be stored away, with foil cap in place.
* Come bottling time, I just take however many bottles I need out of storage, remove foil and I'm underway.
Does anyone else do it this way?
I just stacked them in, set the oven to 95 degrees, and when it was hot enough, let them bake for one hour. Once done, I left them for a few hours to cool down (with the door closed). Then just remove, prime, fill, cap.
Brilliant. It is SO much easier than using chemicals, and they should in theory be totally sterilized, so more effective as well. I love it.
Only down side is that I can only fit 19 longnecks in my oven, so I had to do a few "conventionally".
However, I think my new method from now on will be:
* Once used, bottles will be given a good rinse with hot water to clean.
* Clean bottles will get capped with a small piece of aluminium foil to keep things out.
* One I have 19, they will be baked in the oven to sterilize.
* These sterilized bottles will then be stored away, with foil cap in place.
* Come bottling time, I just take however many bottles I need out of storage, remove foil and I'm underway.
Does anyone else do it this way?