I received a gift card (that I suggested) for Copper kettle for my birthday. It was really very enjoyable making the beer and then going back to bottle it, and I would give it 5 stars if I wasn't sure that I was given the wrong beer to bottle!
It never occurred to me to taste it before we started bottling, and when I took a taste of the remainders (after filling all my bottles), it was clearly not an IPA, which we brewed, but a dunkel or brown ale. Fortunately my wife likes that style, and so we'll get through them eventually, but it took a star off what was otherwise a 5 star experience!
So, taste your beer before you begin bottling - just in case!