I've been thoroughly enjoying this new hobby by spending many hours making different beers. However, I didn't realize today would end up being "triple witching" Friday. There were many things that needed to be done to put everything together.
1. Moved bottles Honey-Orange Ale to fridge to chill. It is ready to drink. I had a sneak peek last night (a partially filled bottle), and I thought it was quite nice.
2. Bottled Donut and Coffee Stout. I brewed this two weeks ago, and it has already been in the secondary fermenter for a week. Checked the specific gravity (SG) on this one, and it was a bit high at 1.014, but I needed the bottle soon, so I went ahead and shifted it to bottles. I went light on the primer (table sugar), and will warm condition it an extra few days and hope the sugar level drops a bit further.
3. Bottled Sam Adams clone, version 2. This beer was brewed six weeks ago, and just finished a four week lager in the fridge. This is my first batch that is bigger than a single gallon -- approximately 2.5 gallons. It took 19 pint bottles, so it should be available to enjoy a bit longer. SG on this brew was a low 1.004.
4. Moved my 3 gallon Delirium Tremens clone to the secondary fermenter. I'm quite excited about this beer, as it looked great, and smelled even better. DT is my personal favorite brew, so I hope the clone lives up to original. When I initially brewed this, the original SG was a bit low (1.064 versus a target of 1.072). For it to have a chance of hitting the right ABV (Alcohol by Volume) level, I need a very complete fermentation.
And, of course, I spent most of the time actually washing and sanitizing hardware, which is pretty much par for the course when bottling or transferring.
Fun stuff.
1. Moved bottles Honey-Orange Ale to fridge to chill. It is ready to drink. I had a sneak peek last night (a partially filled bottle), and I thought it was quite nice.
2. Bottled Donut and Coffee Stout. I brewed this two weeks ago, and it has already been in the secondary fermenter for a week. Checked the specific gravity (SG) on this one, and it was a bit high at 1.014, but I needed the bottle soon, so I went ahead and shifted it to bottles. I went light on the primer (table sugar), and will warm condition it an extra few days and hope the sugar level drops a bit further.
3. Bottled Sam Adams clone, version 2. This beer was brewed six weeks ago, and just finished a four week lager in the fridge. This is my first batch that is bigger than a single gallon -- approximately 2.5 gallons. It took 19 pint bottles, so it should be available to enjoy a bit longer. SG on this brew was a low 1.004.
4. Moved my 3 gallon Delirium Tremens clone to the secondary fermenter. I'm quite excited about this beer, as it looked great, and smelled even better. DT is my personal favorite brew, so I hope the clone lives up to original. When I initially brewed this, the original SG was a bit low (1.064 versus a target of 1.072). For it to have a chance of hitting the right ABV (Alcohol by Volume) level, I need a very complete fermentation.
And, of course, I spent most of the time actually washing and sanitizing hardware, which is pretty much par for the course when bottling or transferring.
Fun stuff.
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