24/7 beer on tap! Nicely done.

Cleaning bottles for re use is probably the single biggest factor in discouraging home beer and wine makers. But then, that's why you can find lightly used beer and wine making equipment for cheap on Craigslist.

This week we bottled 190 bottles of Riesling and Riesling-Gewurztraminer with friends. That's a lot of hand washing, removing labels, sanitizing, etc. Today, I'll bottle another 6 gallons of Riesling, 6 gal. of Amarone, and 7 gal. of cranberry-apple wine. Sure gets tiring cleaning bottles by hand, but there's really no other way for non carbonated beer and wine.