On Saturday, we all went back to the beer facility to bottle our keg of Horny Toad weizen. We had 140 bottles and we bottled 140. (Even had a few glasses to taste while we were bottling away) It's not like any other weizen I have tried but with a bitter bite that is kind of like a pale ale with all its hoppiness but only in a smaller dose. We had to start out by washing all 140 bottles on a washing tree, turning the bottles to evenly coat the insides with water for a proper wash. It was quite a sight, 6 people frantically rotating glass bottles, like playing a huge musical machine at a mediocre primary assembly. After that, bottles were moved to another tree to dry and we were all set for some bottling. I had my go at it but found that I was pure rubbish. Not enough head, spilling all over the place. I was put on capping duty.
Our christmas tree of cleaned and dried bottles!
Aaron doing his slow but surely pour.
You're coming home with us beer!!!
We also balanced beer drinking with some chinese tonic soup the day after. See, Mum, I had not forgotten.
2 comments:
Look like a lot of fun!
Did you name your beer yourself?
Sounds like the ones one would find in Portland!
Good move on the tonic soup!
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