Saturday, July 14, 2012
Spiced Winter Ale Bottled
Today I bottled the Spiced Winter Ale (Northern Brewer kit) that I brewed five weeks ago. It spent two weeks in the primary fermenter and three in the secondary. I finally had time to bottle it today. It smelled good and looked good. My only concern is that the hydrometer reading indicated there isn't much alcohol in it. I may just be really bad with the hydrometer, but I'm not sure. I have a lot to get done today, so I didn't double check with the refractometer - I figure it's too late now anyhow. I'm going to just have to find out once I start drinking it. And I can't wait! I'm pretty sure I haven't repeated any of the mistakes I made on the last two batches, so now I just need to figure out what I have to learn from this batch. I love brewing beer! I can't wait until I'm good enough that I can make beers that I can show off and share with people.