Bottling the bottling

[BillyD]

Got up this morning knowing I needed to do my first ever bottling and suddenly became a nervous wreck! It's really uncharacteristic for me but it took about five hours of mulling things over to finally get it done.

Good news is that it seemed to go ok and the small taste I had suggested it might actually end up as beer but we'll see in a fortnit.

Think I need a drink now to calm myself down. :whistle:

For posterity's sake here's a photo of my first ever AG brew and first ever bottled effort (used to have a pressure barrel when I was younger).

 

[MyQul]

Lovely. Congrats on your popping your bottling cherry. The bad news is it doesnt get easier. It's always a PITA

 

[jayjt29]

Looking good BillyD :)

 

[LarryF]

I'm sure you'll be more than pleasantly surprised and chuffed at what you've brewed, let us know how you get on.

 

[Hops_and_Dreams]

Lovely. Congrats on your popping your bottling cherry. The bad news is it doesnt get easier. It's always a PITA

I enjoyed bottling to begin with. The novelty soon wore off.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have some to do today, i was going to start an hour ago and i am still sat here putting it off.

 

[Cwrw666]

Got up this morning knowing I needed to do my first ever bottling and suddenly became a nervous wreck! It's really uncharacteristic for me but it took about five hours of mulling things over to finally get it done.

Good news is that it seemed to go ok and the small taste I had suggested it might actually end up as beer but we'll see in a fortnit.

Think I need a drink now to calm myself down. :whistle:

For posterity's sake here's a photo of my first ever AG brew and first ever bottled effort (used to have a pressure barrel when I was younger).

I expect your enthusiasm for labelling will wear off pretty damn quick.:lol:
Otherwise 40 bottles just takes me an hour and a half, so not too bad.

 

[BillyD]

The labelling will be dependent on the kid's enthusiasm for "getting involved", my guess is batch#4 onwards might end up in plain bottles!

 

[Covrich]

The labelling will be dependent on the kid's enthusiasm for "getting involved", my guess is batch#4 onwards might end up in plain bottles!

a sharpie on the bottle cap does me

 

[Notlaw]

My labels are off a roll. I've a Dymo label printer in my office that I use to do them. About 15 minutes to "design" something (pick fonts basically) then about 10 seconds to print them out. Clag them on from the roll (a few minutes for the 18 or so bottles I get) Bob's yer uncle, fannys a rude word.

 

[MickDundee]

a sharpie on the bottle cap does me

I'm even lazier - different coloured caps is mine. As long as I remember which is which!

 

[Notlaw]

I'm even lazier - different coloured caps is mine. As long as I remember which is which!

I do that as well, just because I'm a bit of a fanny and like that sort of thing. I've even got some yellow caps and sticky blue stars for when I next do a brown ale :wink:

 

[chub1]

Looks good:thumb: