Hi all--
I'm opening up a brewery focusing on large format (750 mL champagne bottles), bottle conditioned beers, and I've purchased a 6 head gravity wine filler. I'm thinking of ways to clean and purge the bottles, so I had a seemingly brilliant idea when I was half awake and wanted to confirm it with you experts.
How about I fill a keg with sterilized water, carbonate the water to 4-5 volumes, and use it as a dual rinse and Co2 purge? I'll be using those "homebrew" bottle jet spray nozzles. If that wouldn't provote enough Co2 for purging, how about adding a carbonation stone in-line to the rinse head for more Co2 action?
Do you think I am killing two birds with one stone, or should I wake up before declaring my ideas brilliant? It would be nice to do this in one step rather than rinsing, then purging with a separate device.
I'm opening up a brewery focusing on large format (750 mL champagne bottles), bottle conditioned beers, and I've purchased a 6 head gravity wine filler. I'm thinking of ways to clean and purge the bottles, so I had a seemingly brilliant idea when I was half awake and wanted to confirm it with you experts.
How about I fill a keg with sterilized water, carbonate the water to 4-5 volumes, and use it as a dual rinse and Co2 purge? I'll be using those "homebrew" bottle jet spray nozzles. If that wouldn't provote enough Co2 for purging, how about adding a carbonation stone in-line to the rinse head for more Co2 action?
Do you think I am killing two birds with one stone, or should I wake up before declaring my ideas brilliant? It would be nice to do this in one step rather than rinsing, then purging with a separate device.
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