How to: pasteurize your bottles at home.

Anyone using this method would be advised to always put the lid onto the pan while the bottles are in the hot water. It may even be a good idea to weigh the lid down, just in case one of the bottles or caps does break.

rob, could you explain what the difference 'aging' and 'maturing' is? guess i always had them down as interchanegable words for the same thing. cheers

I would consider them the same thing, jaroporter. I've learned since writing this that killing the yeast can also start the staling process of a beer, so probably wise to avoid pasteurizing unless you need to.