Two things I've learned While Bottling...

[BRUbaker]

They are...
1). - Homebrew taste GREAT when drank at 60°F to 70°F!

2). - Homebrew taste GREAT when still unconditioned & green!

Also, I just secondaried an Oktoberfest that I could easily start drinking RIGHT NOW! Fortunately I can wait long enough for it to get even better.

 

[smuth10]

Another thing you will eventually learn is that it taste even better when kegged and on tap.

 

[Hoppin_Mad]

You should skip bottling and just rack the carboy into your mouth.

 

[JTGraese]

Man that Oktoberfest will be great! Make sure you cook with a bottle.. Hear me out now- I made some beer brats with caramelized onions and holy crap was it good..

 

[srl135]

Another thing you will eventually learn is that it taste even better when kegged and on tap.

and when on tap, its tough to quit sampling each and ever day as it ages! LOL

 

[dorklord]

You should skip bottling and just rack the carboy into your mouth.

Tried it.

I learned that, unlike my carboy, I do NOT have a 5 gallon capacity.

 

[mlyday]

Tried it.

I learned that, unlike my carboy, I do NOT have a 5 gallon capacity.

Rookie.

 

[Gated312]

Tried it.

I learned that, unlike my carboy, I do NOT have a 5 gallon capacity.

I started off making wine and the clamp on my hose broke. This ended up happening..would way rather do beer.

 

[Revvy]

Another thing you will eventually learn is that it taste even better when kegged and on tap.

Not everybody kegs, nor do they see it as a logical progression, nor agrees that kegged beer tastes better than properly carbed and bottle conditioned beer.

*shrug*

BRUbaker where do you live? I have a couple beers that I won't be able to drink for awhile because of my upcoming surgery...Including my 5 year agine Barleywine which I won't be able to bottle til I can lift over 5 pounds again, which won't be for 12 weeks or so.....

You could come over and sample them for me....I'll even give you a straw.

 

[BRUbaker]

BRUbaker where do you live? I have a couple beers that I won't be able to drink for awhile because of my upcoming surgery...Including my 5 year agine Barleywine which I won't be able to bottle til I can lift over 5 pounds again, which won't be for 12 weeks or so.....

You could come over and sample them for me....I'll even give you a straw.

If I still lived in Cleveland it would make for a great weekend trip! We'd get all of it bottled...well however much makes it into the bottles anyway!

BARLEY WINE and a STRAW! Whoa! I can feel it already

 

[KurtB]

Revy,

It does not look like BRUbaker can make it, but I can be there in about 7 hours. If I remember correctly, Port Huron is right next to Canada, on the southern tip of the lake. Basically near the "knuckle" of the thumb (I had a lot of college friends from MI).

Kurt