I recently bought this,
Fermtech Single Blast Bottle Washer - Beer And Wine Making Supplies
and it works BEAUTIFULLY. Plastic so it won't damage the bottles and is good to 200 degrees. I ran a case (that I had lazily not washed) through it to give it a test and it made clean look dirty...
I have a small closet in the center of my house that has some clothes hanging in it that I put my carboy in. It seems to stay at a very consistent temp and of course stays undisturbed and out of my daily view so I don't fiddle with it.
If i can make a suggestion. Having the glass bottles in this copper contraption could increase rick of breaks and scratches in the bottles. Depending on how scratched up they get it's always possible for junk to hide in them...
I would suggest making this out of a plastic/pvc deal. You...
It was in primary for 1 week, secondary for 2 weeks and the bottom of the secondary had about 3/4 inch worth of settling and the bottles had a decent amount as well. It was an Extract IPA kit.
Ultimately I would like to know if yeast would pass through the filter, or if not could I pitch...
I have the auto-siphon and it keeps most of it out but I'm still getting to much junk, in my opinion. The last batch I had seemed to have more in it than normal and it just got me thinkin.
The Calculator works well...
I don't really know what I'm doing but I have it and when I do know, I'm sure I'll be damn appreciative of you making this!
It's about beer u sicko.
So I was wondering if anyone knew if a coffee filter would be a good idea to use at any point in time to help filter out the junk in the brews. I use priming sugar to carbonate and obviously don't want to lose the presence of yeast when I bottle it. So 1, would a...