Today was bottling day. Start to finish took about 2.5 hours. That only leaves 7+ days until consumption begins! I found bottling to be the most laborious part of brewing so far and the best step to have a brewing buddy. Bottling is a total assembly line process of sanitizing bottles, filling, and capping. Being limited to just two hands renders the process significantly less efficient. I think my setup will require some revision the next go around too. I placed bottles in the kitchen sink filled with sanitizing solution. Next to the sink was the bottling bucket. I filled bottles on the seat of a chair and capped them on the floor before placing the bottles on a towel. That resulted in tasks at 3 height levels. The Muckish Mountain ergo-specialist would be none to happy with that.
In all, the first batch resulted in 34 12oz bottles and 6 32oz bottles (about 50 12oz bottles equivalent) for just over 2 cases of home-brewed vienna lager. Be sure to check back for the first tasting scheduled to occur on sat. Feb 12 when the Brewmaster from the Northern Division makes a site visit.
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