Trick: Easy Batch Identification
Ok, it's Red Ale on the left
and Summer Ale on the right.
Or was it the other way around?
It's easy to get confused when all the bottles look the same. But I discovered a simple, quick and inexpensive way to keep my home brew straight. Right after bottling, I take a permanent marker, of a color I haven't used yet, and make a mark on the cap. It takes less than a minute to mark the whole batch.
Then I make up an index card and leave it on the top of my mini-fridge:
