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.