FastFerment FastRack Bottle Drying Tray, Bottle Drying Tree Alternative for Beer, Wine and Bomber Bottles Review (2026)

A flat tray instead of a tall tree

Rather than a tall rotating tree, FastFerment's FastRack is a flat tray design: bottles sit upside down in molded holes and drain straight down into the tray beneath them. That low, flat footprint fits under a cabinet or on a counter in a way a multi-foot-tall bottle tree cannot, which matters in a kitchen or brewing corner with limited vertical clearance. The inside of each bottle also never touches the rack itself as it drains, which keeps the drying process more sanitary than resting bottles directly on an open rack surface. That flat design also tucks away easily on a shelf between brew days, unlike a tree that generally has to stay assembled to keep its footprint.

Bottle capacity by size

One FastRack24 tray holds up to 24 standard 12 ounce beer bottles, or 12 larger bomber, Belgian or wine bottles at a time, since the bigger bottles simply take up more space in the same tray footprint. That range covers most home brew and homebrewed-kombucha bottle shapes without needing a different rack for each bottle size, though anyone bottling exclusively in large-format bottles should plan around the lower 12-bottle capacity rather than assuming the full 24-bottle number applies to every bottle style. Mixed batches, say a mix of standard beer bottles and a few bombers, can share one tray as long as the total count stays within the tray's holes.

Stacking and storage

The trays and racks are built to stack up to 5 high, so several full loads of bottles can drain in a single stacked tower rather than spreading multiple trays across the counter, and empty trays flatten down for storage between brew days rather than staying assembled and taking up permanent space. The tray itself is made from Food Grade HDPE plastic and is dishwasher safe, so cleaning between batches is as simple as running it through a normal dishwasher cycle rather than hand scrubbing plastic molded holes by hand.

What a bigger batch needs

The 24-bottle (or 12-bottle for larger sizes) capacity per tray means a big bottling day, especially one using bomber or wine-size bottles, will need multiple trays stacked together rather than a single tray handling the whole batch. Swing top bottles with an attached cap can also sit a bit unevenly in the molded holes compared to standard crown-cap bottles, since the tray holes are shaped around a regular bottle neck rather than a swing top's bulkier fitting, which is the trade-off flagged for mixed-bottle batches. Planning ahead for how many trays a full brew day needs saves a mid-bottling scramble to find more drying space.

Verdict

For a home brewer with limited vertical space, this flat, stackable tray is a practical alternative to a tall bottle tree, and being dishwasher safe HDPE makes cleanup easy between batches. One tray covers 24 standard bottles or 12 larger bombers and wine bottles, and stacking up to 5 high scales it up for bigger bottling days. Buyers with mostly swing top bottles or very large batches should plan on either several trays or a design built more specifically around their bottle shape. For anyone bottling mostly standard 12 ounce bottles in modest batches, one or two trays should be enough to cover a typical brew day.

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