Bottling Day

[2nd Street Brewery]

Just got done bottling my latest batch of brew, a Lone Star clone. One of my biggest hassles when bottling is figuring out where to set the wand when I'm not using it. I've used a tub to lay it in, tried hanging it over the spigot etc but they all have their drawbacks. Then the other day I saw an ad for a bottling bucket. It was a PET carboy with a tap installed and the picture showed the wand attached directly to the tap. I thought that was a great idea, so I figured I could duplicate it by cutting a short length of hose to attach my wand and the tap. Well it worked like a charm. Bottling when quick and never got the wand dirty. I love it when a brewday/bottling day goes without a hitch. Only problem is now all my carboys are empty.Plan to fix that problem Monday when I brew my next batch. A Kolsch.

 

[Cheesefood]

For bottling, I pull a chair up next to my dish washer, pull down the door and run my bottling operation on the door. It's a good platform and all the run-off stays on the door and then goes into the dishwasher. Plus, it's usually pretty clean.

I bottled a high-gravity white yesterday. I'm doubtful that it will be any good because I played around with it too much and it's a bit odd tasting. It could end up being OK once it's carbonated and cold.

I'm making a Kolsch right now. Never had one before, but I'm intrigued by the amount of articles there are solely on kolsch and it's near legendary status.

 

[Dragonfly]

Tonight (hopefully) I'm gonna bottle this batch of American wheat I've been sittin on. It tastes great! I'm excited because I finally have enough swing-top bottles to do the whole batch with 'em. I think it'll make the whole process a lot quicker.