Cleaning Bottles.

We bought an adapter that screws onto the faucet that makes it quick and easy to clean the bottles. First we took two 5 gallon buckets and added the sanitizer solution. The we manually cleaned each bottle as shown in this picture and let them soak in the solution. We then took each bottle out of the soaking solution and blasted them again, before hanging them on the bottle tree to dry.

After we capped each beer by hand, we gave them a quick rinse and dry, and then packed them in cases for storage.

Our "holiday winter ale" beer making kit yielded two 24 packs, and two 16oz bottles.

These need to be stores in a cool dark place and not be exposed to light or sunlight for a week. At one time during the week turn them upside down and give them a swirl to make sure the yeast is doing it's job. Look for bubbles. This shows that the C02 is being formed by the yeast eating the last bit of sugar you add to your brew, before bottling.

NOTE: wear gloves when cleaning bottles or the sanitizer will dry your hands.

This is pretty much it, when about ready you can label your beer as we are this weekend, and I will complete the micro brew blog with a pic and video of the finished product!