Ninegrain said:
No, hydrogen peroxide (h2o2-) is not bleach or anything like that. It breaks down to water (h2o) and oxygen (O-) so it truly is a no-rinse sanitiser.
BUT you did tip out that last 5ml before adding the beer right? And rinsed the suds out from the brew clean?
I think your problem is your method of bottle filling. The extra length (and bends I assume?) is likely knocking the co2 out of solution giving you a lot of foam. Try and use only the wand if possible. If your worried about it next time you could fill them then sit a sanitised lid on top, without sealing it, and leave it for a couple of minutes so the extra gas can escape without letting bugs in.
Yeah, I rinse the bottles (three times each....the magic number) after using the cleaner and tipped out the last 5mm of sanitiser before putting beer in.
barls said:
youve answered most but how did you fill.
was it with a bottlng wand like one of these
http://morebeer.com/products/bottle-filler-removable-spring-38.html
or just from the tap.
if just from the tap theres your answer
I attach a length of hose (I think it's about 600mm in length) attached to the tap and the bottling wand attached to the end of the tube.
This way I can stand at the bench, fill a bottle and cap it (all one handed) then put it into a storage tub and fetch the next empty bottle.
DJ_L3ThAL said:
If you are talking about a normal height (170-180cm) fridge, you've got way too much pressure head that is required, especially if no inline filter (you haven't mentioned whether you filter and it does not appear you do).
When bottling with a standard 23L batch having it on a normal dining table, me sitting on a chair and the wand directly connected in the tap is plenty of head to fill the bottles.
So I'd say the sheer flow rate into the bottles you are getting is too great, if you MUST bottle on top of the fridge then try closing the tap to restrict the flow rate down.
The FV is sitting on a milk crate, which in turn is sitting on the bench, so the tap is around nipple height.
I should mention that this all happens inside, over a carpeted floor (literally the only room I can do this in. We have a galley kitchen and had to sell the dinning table when we moved in because there is no room for it!). The intent behind using the tubing was to control where the drips and dribbles are (I hold the bottling wand in my right hand, suspending it into a bottle half-filled with sanitiser while I cap and fetch the next bottle. The only time I set the wand down is if there's an issue. I won't even go answer the front door until I'm done bottling!).
Sounds like I'll either have to adjust the system to allow for direct wand connection or get used to foamy bottling.
My concern stemmed primarily from bottling a beer that has foamed.
I feel like it shouldn't be a problem (aside from an increase in head space in the bottle, which may effect the carbonation rate) but I'm still concerned that there's a chance they could be grenades.
Alex.Tas said:
Graph? Ha you nerd! Only joking good job.
Haters gotta hate, playas gotta graph, we rollin'.