You could almost pass this off as Rye Whiskey
After a good 2 weeks of fermenting + 1 week of settling, it was time to bottle my
latest batch of beer. I was hoping to jump the gun on bottling after only the 2 weeks of fermenting, but as you can see in the above photo, the extra week of settling made a significant difference in the clarity of the brew.
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| Oh dear, I made quite a mess. |
For bottling, I got to test the seal on my newly drilled bottling bucket. I was worried that it would leak and spill beer all over the place, but thankfully I was able to get the gaskets on tight enough so that would not happen.
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| Using a hole saw to drill a curved surface is challenging |
In addition to the new bottling bucket, I also got to test the usefulness of the bottling wand I bought the last time I was at the store. After attaching it to my tubing and filling a few bottles, I decided to stop using it because it was leaking from where it attached to the tubing. It's a useful device, but the leaky connection along with the tendency for me to overfill bottles and spill precious beer onto the ground made it not worth using.
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| Yum. Beer. |
After packaging was completed, I ended up with a total of 40 bottles. Now if this carbonates appropriately, I'll be able to have one after Thanksgiving dinner. Otherwise, I'll need to have a party! Cheers!
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| 40 bottles of beer on the ground. |
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| Final product with carbonation. Damn good. |
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