I have really come to hate bottling... I've asked the wifey to indulge me and let me buy myself a kegging setup for Christmas and she has provisionally agreed...
Wednesday I bottled a Belgian Ale and used my 32oz bottle... it won't be 'ready' for another 12 days or so, but I have a double IPA, an American IPA and a cider in rotation right now so I wasn't worried....
Anyway, I bottled the belgian and filled my 32 oz... in the process I thought to myself, "Self, you should pick up three more of these and bottle a gallon all at once, to save yourself 1/5 of hassle (out of the typical 5 gallons I bottle). Well, directly after bottling the Belgian I did order those extra bottles and they're currently in the mail.
It's been a long week, with lots of work and school, no fun, really.... When I got home I had a 24oz bottle of the double IPA, then one of the American IPAs... when I popped that one, I decided to 'fridge a 32 oz bottle of the double IPA... but see here's the problem... that 32 oz bottle is actually the Belgian ale I just bottled... oops... somewhere along the way I misremembered and cracked this Belgian that I'm drinking as I type.
It's actually very good and tastes just like a Belgian, which confused the crap out of me when I thought it was a double IPA... the reason I'm concerned is that it's quite carbed for only 2 days in the bottle... I'm a little concerned that I'm making bottle bombs :Q
:beer:
Cliffs:
1. Bottle beer 2 days ago
2. Drink a bunch of other beer and forget what i just bottled
3. Accidentally crack the beer I just bottled and find it a good match for style and surprisingly carbed.
4. Worry that the other bottles will explode from pressure as they age
5. ... (drink some more beer) ...
6. profit
Wednesday I bottled a Belgian Ale and used my 32oz bottle... it won't be 'ready' for another 12 days or so, but I have a double IPA, an American IPA and a cider in rotation right now so I wasn't worried....
Anyway, I bottled the belgian and filled my 32 oz... in the process I thought to myself, "Self, you should pick up three more of these and bottle a gallon all at once, to save yourself 1/5 of hassle (out of the typical 5 gallons I bottle). Well, directly after bottling the Belgian I did order those extra bottles and they're currently in the mail.
It's been a long week, with lots of work and school, no fun, really.... When I got home I had a 24oz bottle of the double IPA, then one of the American IPAs... when I popped that one, I decided to 'fridge a 32 oz bottle of the double IPA... but see here's the problem... that 32 oz bottle is actually the Belgian ale I just bottled... oops... somewhere along the way I misremembered and cracked this Belgian that I'm drinking as I type.
It's actually very good and tastes just like a Belgian, which confused the crap out of me when I thought it was a double IPA... the reason I'm concerned is that it's quite carbed for only 2 days in the bottle... I'm a little concerned that I'm making bottle bombs :Q
:beer:
Cliffs:
1. Bottle beer 2 days ago
2. Drink a bunch of other beer and forget what i just bottled
3. Accidentally crack the beer I just bottled and find it a good match for style and surprisingly carbed.
4. Worry that the other bottles will explode from pressure as they age
5. ... (drink some more beer) ...
6. profit
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