99 bottles of beer on the floor 99 bottles of beer... Well actually 41. I just finished bottling my first homebrew. Its a 'simple amber ale' kit that I got with my homebrew setup. The bottling went well, I ended up doing it by myself and it was easy. The hardest part was cleaning all the bottles out and sanitizing them. It will be another 2 weeks before the carbonation in the bottle is finished. Then I can taste it. My intial impression is that it is darker than I thought and I didn't manage to make as much as I was expecting. The carboy holds 5 gallons but I'm not sure it was full and then I didn't get quite all of the beer out when bottling. So I guess normally you would get about 54 bottles. Chalk it up to my first time. Dani suggests Barack Bock for a name. It's not really a bock so I'm thinking blue state brew. Unless it turns out terrible, in which case it shall remain nameless so not to jinx the election. I'll try and post when I taste it. AT
