pasteurization

[Corneja Brewer]

Hello to everyone.
I am bottleling my beer and I have 2 questions...
1. Do you think is extremely neccesary to do a pasteurization of the final beer ( after maduration ) ?
2. If it is neccesary, how I can pastteurize in a home way I mean in a basic way without a machine ?
Thanksss for your attention.

 

[Minbari]

Hello to everyone.
I am bottleling my beer and I have 2 questions...
1. Do you think is extremely neccesary to do a pasteurization of the final beer ( after maduration ) ?
2. If it is neccesary, how I can pastteurize in a home way I mean in a basic way without a machine ?
Thanksss for your attention.

1). Not necessary, in 7 years i never had an issue. Make/buy a good bottle washer. Then use starsan right before bottling. If your sanitation is up to par. Wouldn't worry about it
2). You can do it in the bottle the same way your mama used to do canning. Boil and let cool.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

just a general search gave me the answer
https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-...so face the question,need for this extra step.

 

[Sandy Feet]

No. That what StarSan is for. You can use a dishwasher the day before. But make sure everything rinses out. If it doesn't, hand wash it. Rinse you bottles IMMEDIATELY after use. That way that crap dosn't stick to the bottom.

 

[Corneja Brewer]

1). Not necessary, in 7 years i never had an issue. Make/buy a good bottle washer. Then use starsan right before bottling. If your sanitation is up to par. Wouldn't worry about it
2). You can do it in the bottle the same way your mama used to do canning. Boil and let cool.

Could you recommend me a video for make a a bottle washer or recommend one already made?

 

[Minbari]

Could you recommend me a video for make a a bottle washer or recommend one already made?

This one works pretty well

https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/fastwasher-12-bottle-washer

If you are handy you can make your own with a water pump, pvc pipe and bic pens. This is the one I made

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

As long at the bottles are clean and sanitized before you fill them, they will be fine. I soak my bottles overnight in Oxiclean. Before bottling I rinse them with a bottle-blaster and then inject Starsan into the bottles with this.

 

[Craigerrr]

I haven't bottled for a while but when I did I rinsed bottles with one of these with HOT water directly after pouring. I would then sanitize before bottling. Never had an infection from a few dozen brews. If I ever neglected to rinse a bottle I would first rinse then fill with a hot PBW, or OXYCLEAN for a good day.

 

[Herm brews]

I bottle all of my beer. As soon as I am done pouring a bottle to glass, I rinse the bottle to remove anything that might remain. Then I put a solution of dish soap in the bottle, scrub with a bottle brush, rinse to remove all suds, then drain in the dishwasher. At that point, the bottle is clean. I store the bottles upside down until it’s time to bottle another batch. Then each bottle gets a 2 minute soak with StarSan, drain, and it’s ready for filling.
I have never even considered the need to pasteurize any of my bottled beer, and have not had any problems.

 

[Sandy Feet]

Plenty of brushes out there. It took me all of three seconds to input "beer bottle brush" on Amazon and see results. Use the brush to clean the gunk and rinse.
Bottle washer - Use faucet, fill bottle, put finger in top of bottle, shake, repeat. You could use a hose. You could use a dishwasher assuming you are paying attention when it gets done.

 

[Donoroto]

Could you recommend me a video for make a a bottle washer or recommend one already made?

As already written, a bottle brush is good enough. No need for an automated washer. Eventually it might be nice to have one, but it is not required.

 

[Jeff Entress]

I agree with all the above but I take a simple approach. Many bottlings now and I’ve not had a problem. Clean beers that age well and stay pretty fresh up to a year or more. I rinse all bottles after use and wash in PBW. For bottles returned to me or have stood a bit, a bottle brush in PBW. Air dry upside down, store upright, and at bottling aStarSan rinse. Nothing else needed.

 

[Zambi]

I rinse bottles straight after drinking with hot water. About 2 or 3 times.
Store upside down, rinse with starsan before use.
Never pasteurised a brew
If bottles don't look visibly clean they just get returned to breweries.
Big advantage of having returnable bottles & crates

 

[Mark Farrall]

The other big reason for pasteurisation is stopping any fermentation if you've bottled before fermentation is complete.

For commercial brewers there's a number of reasons they may go into the bottle/can/keg before the fermentation is complete and being able to pasteurise makes this a less risky decision. It seems like it's a pretty common decision these days with the number of fruit beers on the shelf that can't all be completely fermented.

At a home brew level the simpler answer is to just make sure your fermentation is complete before bottling. Though if you too want that sweeter, bigger fruit flavour in you bottle just follow Minbari's suggestion and once they're bottled heat them in a big pot and then let them cool.