Brewing, Continued

The brewing continues. Today we bottled our first batch (fingers crossed) and started brewing a second batch of beer. Yes, we hope to have many cases of beer to share, but we're hedging our bets by doing two batches in case one fails.


Here, you can see that the beer has become clear and a thick layer of pale sediment has settled to the bottom of the container. The red thing is a capping tool, and to the left are some shiny new bottle caps. The capping tool is basically a clamp. You position the cap on a filled bottle, place one hand on each handle, and push down until the handles are parallel to the table. Done!


J filled the bottles with the siphon while I capped the bottles. With two people working, we made short work of several gallons of beer. Now, we wait two weeks for the beer to carbonate. Here's hoping!