Brewing Injury

[DannyJalapeno]

After bottling 44 bottles of Mexican Cerveza yesterday and screwing the caps on, woke up this morning to find several blisters on my hand. Dangerous hobby this brewing lark. On the plus side, I batch primed for the first time, I look forward to seeing how it turns out. My Canadian Blonde has been bottle conditioning for about 4 weeks now and the carbonation has improved slightly, but not to what I'd call 'lager' levels and also they seem to die quite quickly. Not bad for my first ever brew, certainly drinkable, and quite crisp tasting.

[cellone]

Good work fella, keep it up. Next time just put the lids on lightly and when you finish bottling tighten them up with a tea towel.

[sbond10]

And you use a capper to cap glass bottles remember to wrap the neck in a tea towel or you could have worst than blister on your hands

[cookoff]

After bottling 44 bottles of Mexican Cerveza yesterday and screwing the caps on, woke up this morning to find several blisters on my hand. Dangerous hobby this brewing lark. On the plus side, I batch primed for the first time, I look forward to seeing how it turns out. My Canadian Blonde has been bottle conditioning for about 4 weeks now and the carbonation has improved slightly, but not to what I'd call 'lager' levels and also they seem to die quite quickly. Not bad for my first ever brew, certainly drinkable, and quite crisp tasting.

if it was painful you should use some kind of tasty anesthetic.

[Stomach]

Hi Mate

What were your priming levels for both the Canadian Blonde and your MExican Ceveza?

cheers

[DannyJalapeno]

Hi Mate

What were your priming levels for both the Canadian Blonde and your MExican Ceveza?

cheers

Hi Stomach,

For the Canadian Blonde, I used the Carbonation Drops I got with my kit, used 1 per 500ml bottle so probably underprimed. For the Cerveza I batch primed with 160g sugar disolved in approx 200ml water.

[DannyJalapeno]

Good work fella, keep it up. Next time just put the lids on lightly and when you finish bottling tighten them up with a tea towel.

I swapped to that method after about 10 bottles, much easier.

[DannyJalapeno]

Here's pic of my of my Canadian Blonde

[cellone]

Looking good.

[DannyJalapeno]

That was just after pouring, the bubbles didn't stay around too long though.

[cellone]

Opened my eyes to blonde beer. It combines well with a lager flavapak, 500g of extra light DME and 700g of dextrose. It is an honest ale that carries lager flavour and aroma very well. Worth mucking about with.

[Barloch]

Personnaly, i felt the cerveza is a poor beer, the blonde like the euro comes good with at least 10-12 week maturing

But you are looking good, i used the drops for my 1st and they weren't the best. A wee half spoon of brewing sugar gives a better result imho, but keep going, you will find the best method for yourself and reap the rewards

[Barloch]

Double post

[Down2Die]

Is that lime I see in there? is that to hide the manky taste

[DannyJalapeno]

Is that lime I see in there? is that to hide the manky taste

It does look like lime doesn't it. Its merely the reverse of the transfer on the pint glass.