Miller Lite Homedraft Experiment!

So I've seen these Miller Lite Homedraft bottles around for awhile now, and the other day I decided to pick one up. Don't worry I didn't drink the Miller Lite, that was graciously donated to the city of Fairview water treatment center. After dumping out the bads, I gave it a quick rinse with hot water. Luckly I had 16 bottles of my latest Pale Ale in bottles. I just popped the caps of them and poured them into the homedraft bottle, being very careful not to create to much carbonation in the process. I let it set for a few days and tested it out, and it work great. I now have beer on tap without the trouble of a kegerator. This is the only way that I will store and dispense my beer from now on!

Bottling 2 Batches and Brewing the K.C. Wheat

We bottled 2 batches of beer on Saturday, the Honey Wheat and the Irish Red Ale. All together they equaled 96 twelve ounce bottles and 4 twenty-two ounce bottles. Add those to the 44  twelve ounce bottles of the Northwest IPA and we have 144 bottles of beer, not counting the 5 gallons of wheat that was made on Saturday as well.

We also made a Boulevard Wheat Beer clone. I was brewing and bottling on about 4 hours of sleep. The only mistake made during that time was a hop addition about 25 minutes too early. It should make it a tad bit more bitter than the beer we were aiming for.

We also sent two of the previously bottled beers, the Northwest IPA and the Irish Red Ale, to a homebrew competition in Bend, Or. The competition is in the beginning of June. I have a good feeling that both beers should place in their respectful categories. I post an update after the competition to tell how the beers did, as well as what the judges thought.