So today’s the day… alright, not that day, but I am bottling the beer today. I just went through the painful (yes, painful, apparently I have arthritis, my thumb is swollen) process of scraping the labels off a bunch of bottles. It was made easier by soaking them in hot soapy water (thanks George!). I have quite the mix of bottles… some regular ones, some bottles with Sam Adams on them, some stubby Sierra Nevada bottles, and one 22 oz. bomber. I am, unfortunately, also going to have to use 2 plastic ones (luckily, I saved some 20 oz. soda bottles). The glass ones are in the dishwasher right now on high heat rinse, high heat wash (without detergent), and heated dry. They should be good and sanitized by the time they come out. I just have to use the Mr. Beer sanitizer on the 2 plastic bottles.
That’s where I stand now… I’ll write more when I get them bottled and capped (thanks to my boss Ed who gave me a capper and a bunch of caps).
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