Bottling beer 02 February 2007
I spent a good chunk of the day bottling my first batch of beer. I’m not saying it turned out great, but I had really low expectations and it surpassed those. I started with 6 gallons, bottled a total of 67, 12-oz bottles. Four bottles cracked while I was capping them, but once I started paying attention to the position of the bottle’s seam, I had pretty good luck. Once I finished, I poured the leftover flat beer from the carboy into a pitcher (it had a crazy amount of yeast in it) into a small pitcher and ended up with a nice afternoon beer buzz.
Two more weeks and I’ll be drinking proper beer. I think Joe Lane would be proud. Oh, and speaking of Joe Lane, go check out his photos from touring a brewery in Vermont.
Update: beer is “done” but it tastes pretty funny. I used bleach as a sterilizer but didn’t rinse it properly so it gave it a weird metallic taste. I’m hoping the next batch will be better.