Way back on NYE (aka December 31st), Chris, James, Katherine, and I went back up to the Flying Barrel to bottle our newly created beer. Bottling is a relatively simple proces which involves transfering the beer from the fermenting bucket to the bottling bucket with a racking cane. Then the final specific gravity is measured, and a simple formula is used to compute the alcohol content of each beer.
The results are:
James’ Guiness-like Stout 4%
Chris’ Mocha Stout 6.1%
Katherine’s Hefeweizen 5.3%
Randy’s Extra Hoppy Pale Ale 7.3%
Once the once you know how many of each beers you need to get your buzz on, you add a bit of corn sugar to the bottling bucket, fill each bottle and cap them. Then the last step is to wait, then wait a bit more, and then wait even more. One week after bottling we still have more waiting until the beer is fully carbonated and ready to drink.
Katherine and I bought some 3/4 inch round sticker to label each of our beers, hers have paw prints, mine have flowers (for the hops!). Now once they hit the fridge we will know which beer we are about to drink.
I got tired of waiting and sampled one of Katherine’s beer. It is good, but will be better in another two weeks.