mer mer mer :/

The dunkel exploded. We're redoing it tonight. Same exact recipe as previously. Just have to watch the fermentation a bit closer :P We decided to turn the exploder into a science project. We'll be adding campden caplets which should kill everything alive. Then we'll repitch next week. Who knows, maybe it can be saved, maybe not. This is all a learning process, right? mer :P

We are also bottling the Bloodweizen tonight. Thats around 100 bottles folks! crazy-ness-ness. (for the record, still has the same brix, same ABV of 5.4%). In hindsight, we should have bought a 15 gallon bottling bucket, the 10 gallon is too small :( again, mer mer mer :P

Transfer on the bock - new brix 10.6. This puts the ABV at 5.58%. Aiming for around 6. This might have a little more fermenting to go.

In other news, the ESB is mega delish. Totally amazing. Super crazy impressed with it. I'd go as far as to say its better than Redhook. Ya. I said it. What? Come try it!!


note to self: lion king over bock.




brix for new Dunkel: 12.
this puts the original gravity at 1.049. We'll be sure to let you know what happens to this guy :P