Last night I finally bottled my beer. All in all, it was an arduous task. The hard part was and is cleaning everything. I cleaned the plastic fermenter, cleaned the bottles, and prepped the area. Cleaning the bottles was a pain and wasteful. I put a small amount of bleach in each bottle (about a teaspoon) and filled the rest with water. I let the bottles sit for about 45min to sterilize.
I then rinsed the bottles and set the carboy on the bitchen counter with the plastic fermenter below it. The transfer process was a breeze. I did a 6 pack at a time then immediately capped it. This process probably took about 30 min. Including cleaning and prep it probably took about 3 hours.
What I have learned is that in the future I need to streamline the bottling process, especially cleaning and sterilization. Maybe I could invest in a bottle cleaner.
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