We finally got Grommit in the bottle.
After all, he seemed like he was constantly trying to escape!
For those of you keeping score at home, this is the second time we've bottled at home. I'm happy to report that we are getting better at it.
Although we have yet to come up with a more effiecient way to clean all this stuff!
So, so much to clean...
But in the end, we were able to produce two cases of [hopefully] delicious black cherry beer.
(this post is being written about a week after we bottled (sorry!), so hopefully we'll have a flavor/carbonation update for you soon)
The label, seen below, is somewhat of a small point of pride for me (ok, I friggen love this thing! I even hung one on the fridge because I'm so proud/such a huge dork).
We have these fancy new labels that stick on with water, which means they will also come off easeier when we got to reuse the bottles! Win!
Some other updates:
We currently also have an Altbier going. Our goal is to brew at least one new beer a month (practice makes drunk perfect). It was brewed while I was attempting to get a tan (but successfully fulfilling my destiny as a lobster-in-training) during a family get away to Florida. So we've got that going for us...
Also, after our trip to the Flying Dog Brewery, we bought our first tap handle! We have nothing to use it with, since we don't keg (yet) but its a nice reminder of we'd like to aspire to (not to mention, its so cool looking! AND one of my personally favorite beers)
TA-DA!
So that's all for now kids, we've got 2 cases of Grommit conditioning in the bottle, an Altbier in a bucket, one strictly-for-show tap handle and a patridge in a pear tree
Ooh! A pear beer...that might be interesting...
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