First bottling day.

Just finished bottling my first brew. Went really well thanks to all the advice given on the forums. Thanks all! Now the wait for carbing and maturing.

JB

So the app told me the pics didn't attach hence there being 3 nigh identical pics.

Good Luck!! Hope it turns out great..

What kind of container are your bottles in? I haven't seen that in the U.S. but looks really handy.

You're 7 bottles shy Nice job.

BBL_Brewer said:

You're 7 bottles shy Nice job.

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Are those 12oz. bottles? Did you ferment 5 gallons or were you under? Loss due to hydrometer readings?

I'm just asking because I will be bottling next week. I was expecting ~50 12 oz. bottles.

Congrats on your first brew, good luck waiting to try it though...I know I snuck into my first brew within a week of bottling day

I took the liberty of calling out the bottle bombs for you

jpabian said:

What kind of container are your bottles in? I haven't seen that in the U.S. but looks really handy.

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They are plastic crates similar to what they use to deliver bread. I found them on cragslist in the Akron, OH area. I doubt the guy still has some but I could check for you.

They are great! They hold 54 regular style bottles perfectly.

JB

masskrug said:

Are those 12oz. bottles? Did you ferment 5 gallons or were you under? Loss due to hydrometer readings?

I'm just asking because I will be bottling next week. I was expecting ~50 12 oz. bottles.

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They are 12 ounce bottles. Mostly Sam Adams Octoberfest bottles that I saved. I expected 5 gallons but ended up with about 4.5 due to losing a little more in the boil than I expected (it was the first time I ever brewed) and some transfer loss when racking to 2ndary and taking gravity samples. I ended up with 41.5 bottles. Tastes pretty acceptable already. Can't wait til it ages and carbs a couple weeks!

JB

sonofgrok said:

I took the liberty of calling out the bottle bombs for you

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Thanks. How did you find those and how do I fix or avoid the problem? Or are you just messing with me, lol? Don't you know us newbs are uber fragile!?!?!?!

JB

jbsayers said:

Thanks. How did you find those and how do I fix or avoid the problem? Or are you just messing with me, lol? Don't you know us newbs are uber fragile!?!?!?!

JB

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Lol. I am just messing with you man.