poppafritz
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So today was bottling day for my very first brew (Coopers dark ale kit) and i learned quite a bit today. Since this was my first brew i had no idea what i was doing and just went head long into this and things turned out better then i thought. I learned that washing bottles without a bottle washer and star san sucks a lot. I used deluded bleach and my sink with a bucket, this took me the length of time it took my sugar water to cool down. I knew how to start a siphon with water thanks to the class i took, but no one said how to restart it so... i used my mouth ( hope i did not ruin my beer ). I learned that bottling on the ground has dog hazards IE they like beer as much as me. All in all i think it turned out great and i only had about 1 1/2 bottle of waist at the end. In a week we should be good to go if not just a week more. So if you take anything away from this. Invest in a bottle washer and star san, going to make life easier.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/photo/first-brew-all-bottled-up-58856.html
48 bottles of beer for around $27 is not bad but i know i can get this cheeper.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/photo/first-brew-all-bottled-up-58856.html
48 bottles of beer for around $27 is not bad but i know i can get this cheeper.