Bottling

[meirion658]

Evening all my second beer kit is just about to get ready for bottling in the next few days.

On the first attempt I racked into a keg containing the priming sugar for batch priming and put the lid back on to prevent oxidation. I attached a bottle wand to the tap began filling the bottles. The first 500ml bottle took an absolute age to fill. As there was no pressure in the keg I had to unscrew the top to have a better flow rate to fill the bottles.

Am I causing harm to the beer in doing this or am I missing a trick somewhere?

Thanks
Meirion

 

[mike77]

You'll be alright. You need to let the air in to allow the beer to flow out. Secondary fermentation should clean up any small amount of oxygen that gets into the bottle.

 

[meirion658]

You'll be alright. You need to let the air in to allow the beer to flow out. Secondary fermentation should clean up any small amount of oxygen that gets into the bottle.

That good to know as I am new to all this

Thanks