A few pointers prior to bottling.

      You might still have a few more days before you are ready to bottle, but a head start is always helpful.  Go through a few checklist items:

                1. Bottles (unless you will be using a keg), make sure the bottles are ones that are

                    designed to handle pressure build up. Yeast is what will carbonate your beer    

                    during the conditioning process, so empty beer bottles will work best. Do not 

                    use twist offs because that will make capping a pain. Do you have enough bottles???

                2. Sanitize, there are many ways to sanitize your bottles such as boiling them, using

                    substances etc... You have gone too far to ruin your beer!

                3. Corn Sugar, you can purchase this at your local Home Brew Shop. This is needed in order to

                    dissolve and then add to your wort, must be used for conditioning and carbonating  A process 

                    that takes place when you bottle.

                4. Do you have everything you need for bottling? Tubes, spicket, caps, capper (I will post

                    pictures in my next blog).

                5. (Optional) Do you have an extra hand? A friend or significant other to help you? This will make

                    your life easier during bottling!!

      Having a few days to go through this checklist, and other items you might add to the list, will be helpful. Knowing what you need beforehand will eliminate having to make an emergence trip to the store.