Today we have bottled our IPA, and it was a lot less painful than I expected. We had to siphon the beer from the carboy into a bottling bucket, and then mix in 2/3 cup of corn sugar. Bottling buckets have a spigot on the bottom so we can hook up a bottling wand in order to actually fill each individual bottle. I took the job of filling and Elise took the job of capping the bottles. In all, it probably took about 20 minutes to fill, cap, and store the beer. Out of the original 5 gallons, we got a total of 47 beers. We did get to taste the IPA, and it was better than last time. Some of the hop flavor has decreased a bit, but the sweetness and overall taste of the beer has improved. In about 2-3 weeks, we will be having our first homebrewed beer.
With the secondary carboy available, we also transfered the oatmeal stout from the primary bucket into the secondary. We could have bottled the oatmeal stout today, but didnt have enough empty bottles; we are still about 35 bottles short. But, the oatmeal stout can sit in secondary until we get enough bottles without any ill effects.
love and hoppyness
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