36 bottles of beer on the wall

[DavidDetroit]

it was a 19 litre brew so the rest went to the slight spillage and what was left in the FV. not too bad overall.

Not bad at all. I've been toying with upping the ingredients by X amount to get closer to the 42 flip-tops that fit nicely in three milk crates. My only slight consideration is removing that safety margin in the FV. It's a 7.9 gallon so basically three gallons of space to ensure I never need a blow-off tube. I find the idea of needing a blow-off tube unappealing.
My BYO magazine, full of clone recipes, says, "batch size: 5g or 19l" at the top of each recipe so I'm assuming that we're making the same amount. 36-37 (500ml of course) is about where I get if I strain the hops when putting the beer into the FV (due to the space those expanded hops take up).
My bottle wand has only mutinied once on me with about a cup spraying hither and yon. I was still pretty mad about it.
Cheers!

 

[lupinehorror]

Not bad at all. I've been toying with upping the ingredients by X amount to get closer to the 42 flip-tops that fit nicely in three milk crates. My only slight consideration is removing that safety margin in the FV. It's a 7.9 gallon so basically three gallons of space to ensure I never need a blow-off tube. I find the idea of needing a blow-off tube unappealing.
My BYO magazine, full of clone recipes, says, "batch size: 5g or 19l" at the top of each recipe so I'm assuming that we're making the same amount. 36-37 (500ml of course) is about where I get if I strain the hops when putting the beer into the FV (due to the space those expanded hops take up).
My bottle wand has only mutinied once on me with about a cup spraying hither and yon. I was still pretty mad about it.
Cheers!

totally with you on the no blow-off tube. i'm using a 25L FV so like the 19L brew size for that and various other reasons. if there's another bottling session for that amount, and i'm not using a barrel, there will be duck tape around the tube/wand join. maybe waterproof slippers aslo. just to be on the safe side.

 

[lupinehorror]

these ones do the rotation thing: JOKBEN 2 Pair Plastic Bottling SpigotFiller Spout Bucket Tap for Homebrew Wine Making Beer: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home £8 for two

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they have been added to the amazon wish list of brew. thanks.

 

[starseeker]

Blisters from screwing tops tightly on to PET bottles was one reason I moved to glass bottles and crown caps

You must have baby soft hands