So yesterday I did my first bottling. The beer had sat in the primary for about 23-24 days and smelled like a stout. I boiled the required amt (almost 5 oz in 2/3 cup of water) of corn sugar and let it cool.
While coolilng I washed and sanitized a case of 22 oz bottles and caps as well as 12 more 12 oz bottles.
Placed the priming solution in the bottling bucket after I had sanitized the spicket and bucket.
I was in the basement so I used a bar height chair for my primary and siphoned the beer into the bottling bucket on the floor. Had some trouble with the tubing as it wasn't as long as I wanted it to be. Got it going and transferred with out too much problem.
I put the bottling bucket up on the shelving at about chest level and let the spicket hang off. Was just the right height to stand and fill the bottles. Before I started I realized I had not added the whisky/vanilla beans to the beer... so I poured it into the bottling bucket and slow stirred with out disturbing the beer too much. (Note... don't do it this way.)
I will say the beer looks great and smells great too.
Capped the bottles and have set them in the corner in boxes of the basement. Ambient air is about 68-72. Hoping to check one around thanksgiving (2.5 weeks) and see where we are at.
All in all not too bad of a day... although I think a keg would have been better!
Thanks to all you guys for the help.
While coolilng I washed and sanitized a case of 22 oz bottles and caps as well as 12 more 12 oz bottles.
Placed the priming solution in the bottling bucket after I had sanitized the spicket and bucket.
I was in the basement so I used a bar height chair for my primary and siphoned the beer into the bottling bucket on the floor. Had some trouble with the tubing as it wasn't as long as I wanted it to be. Got it going and transferred with out too much problem.
I put the bottling bucket up on the shelving at about chest level and let the spicket hang off. Was just the right height to stand and fill the bottles. Before I started I realized I had not added the whisky/vanilla beans to the beer... so I poured it into the bottling bucket and slow stirred with out disturbing the beer too much. (Note... don't do it this way.)
I will say the beer looks great and smells great too.
Capped the bottles and have set them in the corner in boxes of the basement. Ambient air is about 68-72. Hoping to check one around thanksgiving (2.5 weeks) and see where we are at.
All in all not too bad of a day... although I think a keg would have been better!
Thanks to all you guys for the help.
