Bottling the beer

This is always a bit of an undertaking as it is important (as with the original brewing) that everything is sterile. We brew 24 litres at a time so that is something over 30 bottles to fill (some of the beer is wasted as the bottom bit is too full of yeast).
We use a thing called 'The little bottler' which is invaluable for getting the beer out the barrel in to the bottles with minimum spillage and without oxidising the beer (which is bad apparently). You can see it here attached to the tap on the barrel

Filling bottles

Some of our bottles have swing tops and so are easy to close, others need caps adding using the capper (yes pyjamas are the accepted stylish thing to wear for beer brewing)

Capping bottles

Nous brassons (we brew)

We have been making home brew for a while and with great effort we brought our barrel with us on the plane (packed really shonkily in a cardboard box) and I brought a kit back with me from London.

Sterilise everything

Put the concentrate in the barrel

Add water and stir well

Add yeast

Now we leave it for a few days before bottling. Initial tasting suggests it should come out well.