Red is Bottled

Bottled the red today. It tastes great so far, cannot wait for it to be fully conditioned and chilled. Even Kate is looking forward to it, which is a pleasant surprise for me. Specific gravity is still at 1.014, which is not surprising. This means a final ABV of about 3.4%.

I am thinking the next will be a dark hefeweizen. The citrusy notes combined with a hint of roasted barley. =)

Stark Stout Bottled!

The first run of Stark Stout is bottled and is conditioning now.  It’s final SG was about 1.022, down from the initial 1.042, making the final ABV about 2.2, similar to domestically served Guinness. On a related note, it tastes much like Guinness, but with a distinct licorice taste at the end. I do believe that next time I brew this beer I will use more malt and a stronger yeast, if I can obtain some “pacman” I may use it. Overall a very satisfying first run with lessons learned and Christmas bottles used. =D

Second Batch Bottled

Well, the IPA is now in bottles. It went fairly well, though we did lose about 4 bottles to spillage and were foolish enough to not check if our bottles were screw-top. >_< Luckily we caught it early and were able to use other bottles. The beer tastes great and I look forward to drinking it in its fully conditioned state this weekend.
Next time I use a primary and secondary, and I do not dry hop with loose hops, that was messy and kinda gross when it came out of the carboy.