Learn from my n00biness!

jpar345 said:

Bottled my first batch of beer yesterday, and American Pale Ale from BB. Here are the mistakes I made:

I had to move the fermenting bucket across my basement to facilitate bottling, which stirred up some of the trub/sediment which transferred to my bottling bucket and into some of the bottles. Hopefully that stuff wasn't in suspension after three weeks, I really have no idea.
IT'S A GOOD IDA TO PLACE THE BEER IN THE BOTTLING OR KEGGING SPOT SOME DAYS BEFORE YOU DO IT SO SEDIMENT CAN SETTLE OUT AHEAD OF TIME. UNLESS YOU REALLY STIRRED IT UP, THOUGH, YOU SHOULD BE FINE.

I forgot to take a FG measurement until after I added the carbing sugar...

FG NOT CRUCIAL; HOWEVER, MANY DO NOT DRINK WHILE BREWING OR BOTTLING. CAN LEAD TO SILLY OR DANGEROUS MISTAKES.

I think the gravity when fermentation was complete was around 1.015, so I'll guestimate that it's about 5% ABV. Bottling is a lot more work than I initially thought, I'm already ready for kegging.

BOTTLING IS NOT SO BAD. KEGS ARE A BIT OF WORK AND MONEY, TOO. I HAVE BOTH AND PREFER NEITHER.

Learn from my idiocy, people!

YOU'LL BE FINE.

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birvine said:

People have done much worse and still had great beer.

B

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