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Well, I did it. I took my time and everything went smoothly. I ended up with 40 bottles worth of beer. They are now resting in cardboard cases wrapped in garbage bags (in case of bottle grenades) in my closet. Now the waiting begins.

thanks Revvy. I read that post a while back (its what gave me the idea about bottling in my dish washer), but I was looking for it again this morning to freshen up.

"measure your priming sugar carefully...." Would you mind expanding on this? I am working with a pre-measured kit, so I planned on using whatever amount of sugar was included in it. Is there a beer to prime ratio I need to be wary of?

Yeah, I'm not TOO worried. The practice run went extremely smooth, so I expect the same tonight.

So I'm amidst the experience of my first batch of homebrew. It is an English Pale Ale. So far so good. Two nights ago I set up my bottling rig and did a practice run (with water instead of beer). Last night I loaded up my dishwasher and ran my bottles through 2 santizing + high heat cycles...