| When you start making beer at home you will learn | | | | sanitized before you can use them and pour beer |
| that each piece of equipment in the brewing process | | | | into them. You need a bottle push to use along with |
| is important, from the sanitation of the system as a | | | | a bleach solution so that every inch of the bottle can |
| whole, the quality of the beer package, and also the | | | | be sanitized and scrubbed. It is very important to |
| type of beer bottles you use. Plastic beer bottles are | | | | remove any bacteria that could contaminate the beer |
| the most common method of dispensing the beer | | | | when bottled. You also need to make sure that there |
| after brewing it, although there are also home beer | | | | are enough bottles ready to use. In a good |
| kegs that can also be used in a home brewing | | | | microbrewery kit there will be enough bottles included |
| process. | | | | for one batch. But you better check before you |
| Bottling opinions | | | | start. |
| There are many different opinions as to which beer | | | | Plastic beer bottles also need to be capped. |
| bottles are the best to use for your home beer | | | | There are plastic beer bottles that have screw caps, |
| brewing, but there is a consensus about this issue | | | | but most need a capping device. The best capping |
| among home brewers. Most brewers find that plastic | | | | machines require the use of one hand and that is |
| beer bottles are the best to use. The main reasons | | | | what you want because it allows you to hold onto |
| are: | | | | the bottle while capping it, this makes it less |
| - Glass beer bottles can break, and when there is still | | | | awkward and much more secure. You can buy these |
| a bit of fermenting going on in the bottle, there are | | | | bottle capping machines and bottle caps brew stores |
| occasions when glass bottles can explode. | | | | or ordered online for fairly inexpensive amounts of |
| - Plastic beer bottles can be used over and over | | | | money. We advice the Cooper plastic beer bottles. |
| again with new caps and they are easy to clean and | | | | Other bottling options |
| store. | | | | You can also use beer kegs for home brewed beer, |
| - Plastic beer bottles are just like glass see through | | | | they are fairly inexpensive and there are some beer |
| and when you drink your beer from a glass you do | | | | kits that contain a beer keg instead of plastic beer |
| not get a plastic taste to the beer so that the flavor | | | | bottles including all of the ingredients and the tap. |
| of the beer stays more pure to the recipe used. | | | | Two manufacturers of this type of microbreweries |
| Things to consider | | | | are MrBeer and the Beermachine. You can pour |
| The plastic beer bottles should be a dark color, the | | | | straight from the plastic beer keg that you have |
| most commonly found on the market are normally a | | | | used to make the beer in. This does mean that you |
| dark brown. Before you start bottling, the plastic | | | | can not brew a new batch before you have emptied |
| beer bottles must be thoroughly washed and | | | | it. That is one reason we prefer plastic beer bottles. |
