Originally Posted by caseys

Getting one's *** in gear to gather the stuff and actually make a first batch is the hard part... that and having a wife who understands.

There is a trick I learned when bottling the beer...especially if you have a dishwasher that front loads with the door folding down like a short table. Fill the beer bottles on the dishwasher door, then move to the counter to cap. All the over flow beer mess is caught on the dishwasher door. When you are done filling all the bottles, just shut the door on the dishwasher and all is forgotten.

Will pass on other tidbit gems of homebrewing as I remember them.