Bottling Number VII

400ml extra light extract powder in 800ml water, boiled 15 min and cooled.

The bottling went well, the idea was to fill the 30l bucket with water and chlorine bleach to sterilise it, then drain this into the bottles to sterilise them. Then drain the beer into the now sterile bucket, drain the bleach out of the bottles, wash them with clean water and then put the beer into the bottles. Simple. It all worked well except the bottle washer didn't fit on the tap tightly, again, and this is beginning to get irritating. I'm now in posession of 51 bottles of beer, upstairs for a week or so to start fermentation, then ready for the Grand Opening in Strasbourg on 22nd/23rd December. I've got a glass here, it's not bad, but I hope it's not become contaminated somehow. While bottling I drank a bottle of Bill Brau No. II and Bill Brau No. III and No. VII is quite different. Let's see how it ages in the bottles...