Part of Our Homebrew Tips and Tricks Series.  Check out the complete list – Homebrewing Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts! This is a Top Post! See: All Top Posts

---

• How about tray that has a 54 bottle (or so) capacity to making bottling day easier?
• The pictured tray – Thunder Group ALSP1826 – is actually a full size sheet pan that’s about 18″ x 26″.  As you can see it easily hold 54 bottles.  Those are Anchor Steam bottles which are a little wider than standard beer bottles.  You can probably get a few more long neck style bottles on a full size sheet pan.  This is large enough to hold enough bottles for a full 5 gallon batch.  If you leave 1/2 gallon of trub behind, you would use right around 48 (12) ounce bottles.  These are estimates.
• This tray catches those in-between bottle drips, helps keep your bottling area clean and generally speeds up bottling and cleanup.’
• +BBQ…. When you’re done you have one tray to rinse off.  This also pulls double duty for me come time to BBQ.  I use this tray for preparing and transporting ribs.  Note that this is actually too large to fit in my standard size oven.  I like that because it means it stays out of the oven and I don’t have to worry about odds and ends getting baked on to it.
• Pictured: Thunder Group ALSP1826 19 Gauge Sheet Pan, Full Size 18″ x 26″ via Amazon
• Search Amazon for “full size sheet pan”
• Top Post: Using a Full Size Sheet Pan to Make Bottling Easier – Catch Drips on Bottling Day
• Related Categories: Bottling

Make sure the components you use are compatible and rated for your intended application.  Contact manufacturer with questions about suitability or a specific application.  Always read and follow manufacturer directions.


toppost:sheetpanforbottling tag:tpr rp:tips#26