Bottled My First Batch!!!!

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Last night I finished bottling my first batch of homebrewed English Ale. I call it Awesum Possum Ale. The two cases are sitting in a nice dark, cool place and I will give one the inaugural taste test on Christmas Eve. Wish me luck.

Second batch (IPA) is in the fermenter for another week and will bottle it then.

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nice labels!

only critique...looks like you coulda filled those bottles a little more. try to leave about an inch of headspace in the bottle.
 
Congrats! Killer f*cking labels, man... how'd you do that?!?!

Tiny bit of advice: you might consider storing your bottles (while they're conditioning) in a warmer (as opposed to cooler) place, especially if you plan to drink them by xmas, which is only 2 weeks away. One of my favorite go-tos is the top of the fridge, or the room in your house that tends to stay the warmest. Ideally, you want to keep the bottles around 68-72F (I'm sure some will argue with me on this). If any cooler than 68, expect the beer to carbonate in no less than 3 weeks, probably closer to 5.

Cheers!!!!
 
Congratulations!

On proper head space in the bottles, I assume you're using a bottling wand. Simply fill the bottles to the top. When you pull the wand out, it will leave the perfect amount of headspace.
 
BrightSpotBrewing said:
Congrats! Killer f*cking labels, man... how'd you do that?!?!

Tiny bit of advice: you might consider storing your bottles (while they're conditioning) in a warmer (as opposed to cooler) place, especially if you plan to drink them by xmas, which is only 2 weeks away. One of my favorite go-tos is the top of the fridge, or the room in your house that tends to stay the warmest. Ideally, you want to keep the bottles around 68-72F (I'm sure some will argue with me on this). If any cooler than 68, expect the beer to carbonate in no less than 3 weeks, probably closer to 5.

Cheers!!!!
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Thanks for the advice. I'll move them today into the office area which is usually around 70 degrees.

The labels I made from a Googled Possum piece of artwork that I reworked with Sharpie colored markers and copied on a color copier. I left the area on his cape blank and can fill in "Ale", "IPA", etc to denote whats in the bottle. Cheap, funny, and I love the artwork. After printing them out to size (4 to a sheet of paper, my wife used some crazy ragged bladed craft scissors and cut them out. Then I used spray on glue (Elmers) and stuck them on! It was easy as crap!
 
pksmitty said:
Congratulations!

On proper head space in the bottles, I assume you're using a bottling wand. Simply fill the bottles to the top. When you pull the wand out, it will leave the perfect amount of headspace.
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Actually I didn't use a bottling wand, I used a plastic fermenter bucket with a spigot at the bottom and poured from that to fill the bottles. I need to get a wand. Still learning. First batch and all......:D
 
Yeah, get a wand. It makes things a lot easier, and you won't get all the splashing and oxidation. Take a look at THIS THREAD. It gives a lot of good ideas to make bottling easier.
 
Excellent! I also bottled my very first batch of Honey Blonde Ale this weekend as well. Which will be ready on the 24th! Merry Christmas! :D

This home brewing is pretty damn addictive!
 
the labels look great,congrats ,I bottled a batch of holiday ale yesterday,had a lot of foam when filling bottles,
 
weasel1 said:
Thanks for the advice. I'll move them today into the office area which is usually around 70 degrees.

The labels I made from a Googled Possum piece of artwork that I reworked with Sharpie colored markers and copied on a color copier. I left the area on his cape blank and can fill in "Ale", "IPA", etc to denote whats in the bottle. Cheap, funny, and I love the artwork. After printing them out to size (4 to a sheet of paper, my wife used some crazy ragged bladed craft scissors and cut them out. Then I used spray on glue (Elmers) and stuck them on! It was easy as crap!
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Very cool! Best trick for getting labels onto bottles is to dip the label in milk, which rinses off much easier than glue :)
 

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