Tag: bottling

  • So it has been far too long since I have posted my escapades and it is about time that I did. First up, Cider update! The bottle conditioning has gone spectacularly well, the flavor has mellowed and now has a very festive flavor. It is still a little syrupy but that is ok for the…

  • 12oz bottles suck

    On my lunch today I had the pleasure of watching Dr. Horribles’ Sing-along Blog and bottling 5 gallons of Amber Ale.  Sad thing is that I had to break out the 12oz bottles and other misc bottles rather than the glory that is my 22oz bottles. It now reminds me why I love bottling in…

  • Brew Wednesday’s

    Opened up one of the English Brown ales tonight with some friends as we wait here for brewing time.The brew has come down a bit in sweetness, lost some of the yeast taste and really mellowed out in a good way.  Not much of a head on it but thats ok.  My efforts with the…

  • I was thrilled to find that it was time to bottle… but shocked to realize my negligence had made me neglect taking some tests of the final gravity *Gasp*. Alas it was not all that bad. What should have been an initial gravity in the ballpark of 1.052 and a final gravity of 1.015 resulted in a…

  • As this was a rush attempt at bottling we had some slight issues in capacity and lack of equipment. due to this we lost a little bit over a gallon. All that remained was a single box of 12 22oz bottles and some misc 12oz bottles as well as overflow into temp containers which would…