by pacman » Monday May 29, 2006 10:34 pm
Am new to this site, but it is terrific! A big thankyou to Oliver and Geoff!
Am considered in many walks of life to be somewhat lazy by my peers. They usually miss the point. I look for the easiest way to attain goals. My "laziness" has often resulted in everyday tasks becoming much easier for my somewhat ungrateful peers. They often are ignorant of the origin of new and simpler procedures, and it gives me a somewhat obscene pleasure that they remain that way - ignorant, that is!
Anyway, enough of my babbling.
Recommenced homebrewing/bottling late Jan '06 after an absence of 10-15 years. Used to bottle in screwcap stubbies, reusing the screwcaps. Never a problem, but ones priorities can change with the passing of time.
Mine did. Quickly found my old procedure was a pain.
Looking for options and quickly recalled sampling a few 500ml Schwelmer (Bernstein & Pils) swingtops from Dan Murphys. Have rapidly built up a stock of these bottles, at considerable personal cost ($3.75 - $4.00 a bottle), but the quality of the contents proved to be quite reasonable.
Have just finished drinking my third homebrew (bottled 08/04/06 - Malt Shovel Pale Ale, I think), and extremely enjoyable.
Easy to cap, and made even easier by using "no rinse" sterilizer, which I also used for the rest of my brewing gear. Have two Malt Shovel 11.5 litre fermenters (don't ask!), which make for easily managed brews.
On a very steep learning curve, and have learned so much from this site. Still have some unanswered questions, and will gradually post these on appropriate strings.
This has been a very longwinded way of mentioning the advantages of swingtop bottles and "no rinse" sterilizers, and my apologies. Hope no readers became bored, and I realise that swingtops and "no rinse" sterilizers are not everyones scene.
Cheers,
Pacman