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| Syphoning Batch #1 |
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| Bottling Batch #1 |
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| Batch #2 pre-secondary |
Today, we syphoned Batch #1 from the secondary into a bottling bucket. We boiled 1 cup of water, added 3/4 cup of corn sugar and, once the corn sugar dissolved, we added that to the bottling bucket as well. We then syphoned the mixture into bottles (picture #1). The bottle filler is actually a pretty ingenious little thing that put the perfect amount in each bottle and quits filling the bottle the second you lift it up. In picture #2, you'll see the capping step - basically, you buy caps at the homebrew store, boil them to sterilize them and then use the capper from your kit to cap each bottle. Now we just have to wait 4 more weeks to taste...
Except, yeah. We had about half a bottle leftover so we did taste that. AND? The flavor is right on... if the bottle conditioning works as it should, we are going to have a fantastic stout on our hands here. The catch? We will only be sharing it with people who comment on this and subsequent blog posts...
Lastly, as you can see in picture #3, we syphoned Batch #2 into the secondary. We added some hops to the secondary as well. Next weekend, we'll be bottling this batch and also moving tomorrow's Batch #3 into the secondary. We'll try to take more pictures...
I may be down the weekend of the 14th. Will the batch be ready to taste?
ReplyDeleteAunt Meg
The Smileys will happily trade Raspberry Honey Wheat for stout! We are very excited your are brewing!! Let the beer tasting begin...
ReplyDeletelol... not sure if I'll be around for the tasting, but let me know how it turns out.
ReplyDeleteIf that's the way it's going to be, I might just have to go over and reclaim my bottles ;)
ReplyDelete@Meg, we might be able to open a bottle but it won't be quite done conditioning yet. @Smileys, YES!!! @Luke, where will you be? @Isaac, can't a girl have a little fun??
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