Brewing Log – 21 May 09 – Bottling

Okay, today is another milestone in the beer brewing project. BOTTLING.

Now that the fermentation has stopped, it’s time to bottle the beer. So I lay out the necessary items on my dining table.

All items layed out

So I’ll quickly run through few of the important items this round apart from of course… the beer.

Little bottler

Little bottler attached directly to the tap

First up we have this  nifty little thing known as the “Little bottler” and it attaches directly to the tap of the main fermenter. We’ll see how it is used in a short while.

Carbonation Drops

2 Carbonation Drops to each bottle

Then we have the carbonation drops. Carbonation drops are really sugars that aids to generate that “fizz” you get from the beer. We need to put in 2 drops for each bottle.

Bottle Cap

And let’s not forget the bottle cap.

So with that said, we go into bottling! The next 2 pictures will basically describe the whole process. We’ll just open up the tap and push up the empty bottle to the little bottler and voila… beer flows into the bottle.

Push the bottle up onto the little bottler

Beer will flow into the bottle

We just have to make sure that we pull the bottle down once the beer goes up to the neck of the bottle. Once that is done all we need to do is fasten the cap we then have successfully bottled the beer. This step is repeated till all 30 bottles are filled up.

Bottled beer

The bottled beer will need to mature for at least 2 weeks before it’s good for consumption. The 2 weeks is needed for further fermentation within the bottle and also to give it the beer “fizz”. So back to the chiller box it goes and now we put on the solid cover. The ice packs will continue to be rotated during this period to keep it nice and cool for this process.

Back to the chiller for 2 weeks

So guys and gals, beer party is on 6 June 09 Saturday!! Woohooo..