Batch #1 is in the bottle
We had a BLAST yesterday bottling our first batch of Isenmead (which is technically a cinnamon/ginger metheglyn). I remember, 18 months ago, we were all thinking oh no! A year is so long! Waiting for mead-bottling day is like waiting for Christmas when you're a kid. It seems to take forever, but it's on you before you know it.
I was filler man, David was the bottler mover, and Christopher manned the corker.
This one came out light, with only 8.35% alcohol.
Final yield was:
8 bottles for Deb & Kailo's double share.
4 bottles for Christopher & Jayne's share.
4 bottles for Karen's share.
4 bottles for David's share.
4 bottles for my share.
2 bottles for Christine for letting use her basement.
1 bottle for Their Excellencies D&D.
4 half-bottles for samples (1 for the Brewers Guild, 1 for Hill Top, 2 for hillbilly apiary owner, 1 for hot hippie apiary assistant)
1 left-over bottle that I snagged. For my Crusade.
I was filler man, David was the bottler mover, and Christopher manned the corker.
This one came out light, with only 8.35% alcohol.
Final yield was:
8 bottles for Deb & Kailo's double share.
4 bottles for Christopher & Jayne's share.
4 bottles for Karen's share.
4 bottles for David's share.
4 bottles for my share.
2 bottles for Christine for letting use her basement.
1 bottle for Their Excellencies D&D.
4 half-bottles for samples (1 for the Brewers Guild, 1 for Hill Top, 2 for hillbilly apiary owner, 1 for hot hippie apiary assistant)
1 left-over bottle that I snagged. For my Crusade.