Bottling at Simon's

Glenn, Simon and I bottled our last brew together last weekend [sniff-sniff]. We had two brews spewing all over Simon's kitchen floor: a hefeweizen that was a Glenn's recipe and a double IPA that was my recipe. Both had active yeasts that made short work of Simon's floor.

At bottling time, both brews showed great promise. The hefe could do with some cooling and carbonation, the DIPA could do with a bit of bubbles and some aging. We had no problem enjoying them from cask though.

The challenge was homebrewing in Simon's apartment, which has neither a slop sink nor a bathtub. What he did have was a big, plastic sock drawer and a shower with boiling-hot water and lots of places for me to stick bottle labels. And he also had a big fence out back, on which we could dump spent grain and trub.

When bottling got tiresome, we swung by Subway or set up the hookah with some dried apples. More here.