Over all the bottling was a success! The only issue that I can think of off hand was that the gravity was still a little high at 1.010. I didn't want to wait any longer and wouldn't have the time during the week for a bottling, so today had to be the day. I just hope that it doesn't cause any bottle bomb issues, but considering that the ginger beer seems to be doing ok I don't think that it'll be an issue.
I boiled around 200ml of water and added 160g of cane sugar and poured it into one of the 23L carboys I picked up a little while back. I then pumped the finished wort into the carboy, mixing the wort with the priming solution. After I finished filling the bottles I cleaned out the pail and carboy, giving the bottles a chance to start to carb and push out all the oxygen that would have been on top of the wort. Next I capped them and put them up on a dresser in me basement. I figure that I'll leave them up there for about a week and then put them on the cooler floor. And then into the fridge some time before drinking them. I plan to crack some open on the 3rd to taste. Also, see below for pictures! And it came out to 45 500ml bottles.
EDIT: And that's everything, I'm all caught up now. Everything from this point onwards will be fresh and new.
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