Yesterday afternoon, I bottled the beer my dad and I made on Day 5. Since Dad couldn’t make it, Dan filled in as bottling assistant and photographer.
The Penultimate Product
Sanitized bottles wait on the tree while I get my instructions
Into the Bottles!
We now have 51 bottles of beer that will condition for 2 weeks. The final step before bottling is adding “priming sugar” which wakes the yeast back up. This allows the beer to carbonate in the bottle, like champagne. So what we have bottled now is flat but tasty and will be bubbly and delicious in two weeks.
Also last night, I finished Max’s scarf! I think it looks cute in spite of my many mistakes, and he’s happy about it. The one thing I need to learn before I start on Theo’s blanket is how to increase and decrease on purpose. I think that would lead me the rest of the way to self-correction for an overall better final product. Here’s a picture of the man himself modeling his new winter wear. The glasses are new as of yesterday, and the patch is for the next couple of months to strengthen his right eye.
At first I thought you accomplished Beer Scarfing! Yum! But not terribly crafty.
I’m envious of your beer bottling. It must be nice to have real equipment and expert advice! 51 bottles of beer on the wall, 51 bottles of beer……
And I love Max! What a cute little guy! I like the glasses, and I hope the patch encourages him feel like a handsome pirate for a few months.
The scarf looks so great! Congratulations! Max looks like he is one happy dude in that thing!
You’ll have increasing and decreasing down very fast, I’m sure, since you whipped out that scarf in no time!
He’s like an Aardvark-lovin’ smarty-pants pirate, with a lovely flair. I love it.