Sunday, February 8, 2009

Stout is Bottled!

So, after several hours of work, and a lot of water getting everywhere, the Stout is finally bottled!

We got to get a bit of a taste test, and its very light and crisp for a stout, but has the signature coffee flavor. Hell, Craig might even drink it.

And something we're going to try to do from now on is make a photo log of our progress. My camera is a POS and I didn't notice that the date was way off until I uploaded.

Labels off

All of the bottles had a nice long soak in the tub, the hot water (at least with the AB and Sam Adams) worked wonders. Those labels came off faster than Bill's pants at a Crackbaby party.

Cleaning Bottles

Here's Billdo, with his pants on, sanitizing bottles as I scrubbed them.

Tarbucket

We added 3/4c of Corn Sugar for priming and racked it over to the Bottling Bucket. Isn't it pretty? I like my beer like I like my women, cold, black, and bitter. This stuff came out blacker than Samuel L. Jackson. Maybe I should call it BAMF beer...

Filling bottles

Bill filled and I capped (and took pics).

Stout Angle

We had 49 regular pry offs and it turns out 1 twist off. Can you spot it? One of these things is not like the other...

Stout Soldiers

2 weeks for carbonation is way too long...

I went to St. Louis Beer and Wine and picked up the fixings for a Spiced Belgian Wit. Monday is going to be a late and fun night:).


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