First Batch Bottled!

[LouisianaVince]

I brewed 5 gallons of American Pale Ale (extract kit from Listermann's) on Oct. 22. I bottled tonight. My SG was 1.017, if I did the math right for the temperature conversion. My brother (beer4breakfast) gave me TONS of good tips to make the process go smoothly. Of course, I still ended up spilling several ounces on the kitchen floor and on myself trying to get that last little bit through the tube. But that's ok. I got 49 12-oz. bottles and had a few oz. left...so I drank it! Of course, with no carbonation, it wasn't wonderful, but the flavor was right. I think this will be good beer in a few weeks! My birthday is on Thanksgiving, and it'll be 18 days in the bottle. I'll test one then. But I'm waiting until December to really start drinking it.

 

[Beerhead]

I think this will be good beer in a few weeks! My birthday is on Thanksgiving, and it'll be 18 days in the bottle. I'll test one then.

Talk about a nice little birthday gift to yourself, a cool, delicious homebrew.

Thats awsome that it came out so well, nice job.

 

[Floridaboiler]

Good for you. I just bottled my first batch last Friday and I am planning on opening up the first bottle when I get up to NJ for Thanksgiving vacation.

Good Luck with it.

 

[LouisianaVince]

Talk about a nice little birthday gift to yourself, a cool, delicious homebrew.

Thats awsome that it came out so well, nice job.

Thanks, Beerhead! I'm looking forward to that first taste, and since my b-day is gonna be overshadowed with work that morning then the huge family dinner at my wife's uncle's house, I think it's likely to be the highlight of the day!

 

[LouisianaVince]

Good for you. I just bottled my first batch last Friday and I am planning on opening up the first bottle when I get up to NJ for Thanksgiving vacation.

Good Luck with it.

Thanks, Floridaboiler! Congrats on your first batch, too. Thanksgiving in New Jersey is bound to be a lot colder than it will be here in Baton Rouge. I'm sure you'll enjoy that first taste!

 

[LouisianaVince]

11 days in the bottle, and so far, I've been a good boy and left it alone. I'm thinking I'll be able to make it to day 18 and try it on my b-day (Thanksgiving Day!).
I think I can, I think I can...

 

[disaffected]

Hello! I'm the evil red demon perched on your right shoulder. No, make it your left shoulder, the shoulder sinister!

I say, pop a top! Yeah, that's the ticket. You know you want it. Go ahead and do it! Don't let good sense hold you back. What could it hurt? Everyone does it....

Ha! We all cheat a little bit, you know...

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I had a pint of my first brew as I was bottling it. Warm. Uncarbonated. And I liked it. Drink some! Just be sure to save enough for a month or two down the road when it's probably "done."

 

[LouisianaVince]

Hello! I'm the evil red demon perched on your right shoulder. No, make it your left shoulder, the shoulder sinister!

I say, pop a top! Yeah, that's the ticket. You know you want it. Go ahead and do it! Don't let good sense hold you back. What could it hurt? Everyone does it....

Ha! We all cheat a little bit, you know...

Mom and Dad always said you were the evil one! No, I will resist (at least for tonight).

 

[LouisianaVince]

I had a pint of my first brew as I was bottling it. Warm. Uncarbonated. And I liked it. Drink some! Just be sure to save enough for a month or two down the road when it's probably "done."

Obviously, you're as evil as my brother beer4breakfast! Actually, I had enough for about 10 oz left over when I bottled. Rather than save it and add it to another batch, I put it in a pilsner glass and drank it, warm and uncarbonated. It was delicious!