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OK to fill bottles immediately after sanitizer soak?
I'm a first time poster who has just finished racking his 2nd batch. Last time I bottled I soaked my bottles in iodine sanitizer just prior to bottling and let them sit out. They were not completely dry when I filled them. When this batch is ready I figured I would just let the bottles soak in the bucket of sanitizer and pull the bottles out as I filled them. It would save me a little time Would this cause any flavor problems? I know these sanitizers are no-rinse but I want to be sure.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated!
I've let my bottles sit after sanitizing for about 1/2 hour before filling them and they were fine. You would probably be ok with filling them right away but I would just do what you did the first batch. It won't be easy stopping to grab some bottles and filling them. better to have then all ready. Also the time you're saving by filling them as you need them is just going into them sitting longer to be capped with beer in them. Greater chance for contamination in my opinion. Sanitize them all, get em filled, get em capped.
DC
As long as you are using a no rinse sanitizer, then you can sanitize and fill. The bottles don't have to dry first.
I use Starsan.
Yeah, I usually sanitize the bottles first (using C-Brite) and leave them out to dry a bit while I finish sanitizing the tubes, skimmer, ladle, and hydrometer, and then I siphon from fermenter to bottling bucket. By the time all of this is done, it's usually been about 20 minutes, and I grab the bottles I put out to dry first. I haven't had any problems with taste contamination so far. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the quick feedback! This is a great place for someone just starting to get their feet wet.
redraiderbrewer wrote:
Thanks for the quick feedback! This is a great place for someone just starting to get their feet wet.
Feet wet? WHAT KINDA BEER YOU MAKIN?? EWWW!
DC
I fill up the sink with one step and warm water and let all the bottles soak for a few minutes. Then I pull them out, drain, and put them upside down in the box. This keeps harmful bits out while I am transferring to my bottling bucket and gives the bottles a chance to drain.
However, if you are using a no-rinse sanitizer you should be totally fine.
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