Yesterday was an important day for the Beer Brewing Crew (BBC). It was time to bottle the beer. After more then 5 days in the bucket of freedom, the brew had to be imprisoned.

After cleaning the PET bottles and the instruments (funnel, measuring jug) we decanted the beer into the bottles and added sugar for the secondary fermentation (the sugar converts into alcohol and carbonic acid). We didn’t stir the mix and it took a long time until the sugar cubes dissolved.

But the trickiest part was to get rid of the layer of debris that collected at the bottom of the bucket. I thought that we managed to do this, but today I realized that this stuff appears in the bottles now. Shit! I think I have to call the hotline again.
I still have one liter of un-bottled beer – from the very bottom of the bucket. I don’t really know if I can use it or not.

Anyway, under normal circumstances there’s nothing more to do at the moment. The secondary fermentation process takes about 10 days, and then I have to find a cooler place for the maturation.

• Pic01: Cleaning the bottles
• Pic02: Beer Brewing Crew: Sarah, Marcel, Kathi
• Pic03: Marcel, filling the first bottle
• Pic04: Undocumented filter techniques (highly inadvisable)

• Pic05: Insights
• Pic06: Debris at the bottom of the bucket
• Pic07: The preliminary outcome

Thanks to Kathi, Sarah and Marcel for their (mental) support, I’m sure that you guys are as curious as me about the result. Will it be drinkable?

Sorry, aber diese Hefe ist mir einfach nur suspekt…