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Bottling Beer
Bottle Feeding
The first step in bottling begins with loading the empty bottles on the unscrambling table. In craft breweries, loading with prepacked bottles is usually done manually at a rate of 80 to 100 bottles per minute (bpm). The table funnels the wide mass of bottles into a single stream. Several types of mechanisms prevent the bottles from bridging as they are funneled to a single line. These include mechanical joggers, reversing chains, and good inherent design.
Craft brewers often buy what is known as a "prepack," which includes printed six-pack carriers inserted in a printed case along with the bottles. For craft brewers, this is the most convenient and cost-effective way to go, even though it is a relatively expensive way to buy bottles.
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