Today was bottling day. I have to say I was a bit nervous. Not to bottle, but because I would be able to get to taste the brew from my measurements. Bottling went fairly smooth, except for one incident, I tipped over bottle over for a second, and now I have 2 sample bottles.:-) The first one was because there wasn't enough to fill it at the end.
The measurements came out as a kind of surprise, the beer (as it is called now, still no name) came out a little stronger than I was expecting. It ended up being 6.8% alcohol by volume and 194 calories per bottle, for those counting calories. I was expecting to be closer to the 6%, but the higher octane could explain the taste. It had a really bitter taste. It was hard to say whether that is from the higher alcohol content or that it just turned out to be a really bitter beer. I just hope that after 4 weeks in the bottle the bite goes a way a little. I can say it didn't taste as well as the day we brewed.
So now I wait....4 weeks, 4 weeks to be able to try it and see if this is something that could work or I have to tweak or worse, start over. So in time we shall see what this comes of. If anything it has been a great learning experience and the future batches will be better...I hope! :-)
So for now, grab a brew and lets wait to see what happens. Stay tuned!
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