Experimental terrible bottling technique

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  1. generalnotsew6501

    generalnotsew6501 Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2013 Tennessee

    So I finally got around to bottling my batch I made recently and realized when I got started I could not find my racking cane. Moved 3 times since I got the kit. I had a really hard time keeping the siphon going. I got to bottle a little over half of it before I just could not get the siphon started again. Really tough without the right equipment, especially for a beginner. So after I gave up I soaked my hand in sanitizer and dunked the bottles right into the fermenter and filled three bottles that way just to see how it would turn out. I have over a week left to try it out so what are the chances they could actually turn out ok? Is the biggest worry just infection?
     
  2. OddNotion

    OddNotion Pooh-Bah (1,915) Nov 1, 2009 New Jersey
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    Oxidation would be just as big a worry...
     
  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    It's probably anybody's guess how those three bottles will turn out for an infection, but at least it sounds like you got most of your beer into the bottles following proper procedures. Good luck.
     
  4. basscram

    basscram Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2006 Maine

    If you had a helping hand you coulda poured your fermentors product into a bottling bucket slowly without splashing but I'm sure that, that is too late.
     
  5. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
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    Shit happens, then you die. It's a fact of life, make of it what you will. Spilled beer is just a thing, and cleans up easily. Brew another, and enjoy what you get out of every batch, or every moment, take your pick.
     
  6. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    You don't have any vinly hose that you could clamp to the bucket? 6' would do the trick for about a buck fidy.
     
  7. generalnotsew6501

    generalnotsew6501 Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2013 Tennessee

    Yeah I am happy with what I got. If I can remember I will post the outcome.
     
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  8. Boozecamel

    Boozecamel Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2011 Canada (BC)

    Probably will be fine
     
  9. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I used to try to bottle by running a siphon line from the primary directly to the bottle. Awfully messy. And starting a siphon by mouth was a bad idea, too. My early beers were bottle-infected messes, a fact that took me a while to realize (I thought this was what homebrew was like). My beers really cleaned up with proper sanitary racking and bottling. Get yourself a cane with hose, use boiled water (some use star san) in the hose to start the siphon, make sure the hose goes all the way to the bottom of a bottling bucket to minimize splashing, gently stir in an appropriate amount of priming sugar that has been boiled in a small amount of water, and use a bottling wand to fill your bottles from the bucket. (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/spring-tip-bottle-filler.html?gclid=CKHigK3UyLsCFYlDMgodzAYASA )
     
  10. Naugled

    Naugled Pooh-Bah (1,944) Sep 25, 2007 New York
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    If you drink them within a few weeks they will probably be fine. However, out of curiosity you should put on of the "dunked" bottles aside for a few months, then revisit it. It will give you an idea of what an bad oxidized/infected beer tastes like, or it may be just fine, either way it will be a good learning experience.
     
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