callmebruce
Well-Known Member
I wanted to bottle up my most recent batch of beer. Didn't want to do it on a work day, as after work, dinner, cleaning up - I'm not into starting all over again. Decided to do it Saturday. After shopping for Easter candy for the kids. And Easter dinner. And making dinner. And cleaning the kitchen. ANd waiting for the dishwasher to finish up.
Decided not to wait for the dishwasher, so just used sanitizer and soaked the bottles and bottling bucket. Got a LATE start! Wrapped up bottling at 1:30ish. Got the kitchen back in shape around 2:00. Relaxed with a brew watching late night TV until just before 3:00AM.
I think I'm going to go real slow making the lamb and fixin's for Easter dinner, lol. But hey - I got 50 bottles of a nice tasting beer conditioning and carbing up. It's worth it!
(anybody got some extra coffee?)
Moral of the story? Don't start soaking your bottles at 10:30 at night, and don't start bottling around midnight.
Decided not to wait for the dishwasher, so just used sanitizer and soaked the bottles and bottling bucket. Got a LATE start! Wrapped up bottling at 1:30ish. Got the kitchen back in shape around 2:00. Relaxed with a brew watching late night TV until just before 3:00AM.
I think I'm going to go real slow making the lamb and fixin's for Easter dinner, lol. But hey - I got 50 bottles of a nice tasting beer conditioning and carbing up. It's worth it!
(anybody got some extra coffee?)
Moral of the story? Don't start soaking your bottles at 10:30 at night, and don't start bottling around midnight.