Beer bottling stroke rehab
I brewed some Irish Draught Ale a couple of months ago and today decided to bottle it by myself(48 bottles). This was quite the challenge since I usually invite a friend over to cap the bottles in return for some of the beer. I have a two-handed capper. Keeping the cap in place while I pry my hand onto one of the levers involves picking the cap up several times. I can't get my wrist to unlock from spasticity so I could never get my upper body weight over the levers to properly crimp the cap. Luckily I only knocked over one bottle. I ended up putting the bottle in one of the slots in a wooden soda case and used my teeth/mouth on one of the levers to get about 15 bottles capped. Then my wife and daughter came home and I got them to finish the capping for me. I try to do this when they are out because both of them dislike the smell or taste of beer. If I continue this I'll have to get a single arm capper . I had a homebrewed coffee stout to celebrate this evening. Sorry about no pictures but that made it too long.
Pictures available here: http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2012/03/beer-bottling-stroke-rehab.html
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