Racking Cane Sanitation and Use

Our first batch of OA Bitter is kicking and screaming it’s way through the birthing process as I write this, so it’s time for me to start thinking about bottling this stuff for the second fermentation.

One seriously important step in the bottling process is getting the beer out of the carboy, away from the yeast sediment and kreuzen, and into our bottling bucket that will be filled with a bit of dextrose.

To do this we’re going to be using what the ancients referred to as a Racking Cane. I know there’s a joke in there somewhere, but I’m going to leave that for you low-brow enthusiasts at home to mine.

So here’s a nice little video explaining the sanitation, priming and use of a racking cane. This guy from homebrewingvideo.com runs a little tighter ship then our friend from the previous beer sequence, but his information is good none-the-less.

For extra credit can you name the Replacements song at the beginning of the video? Do you know what 80′s movie it was featured in?