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Friday, November 16, 2007

First Bottling

At last! The fermenter has complete stopped bubbling, and measured specific gravity was 1.010, which leaves the alcohol content at 4.5%. I've bottled out 2 x 750ml bottles this morning and tasted some of it before carbonating them. Hmmm .. there's this yeasty flavour to it still, not unlike Hoegaarden's Forbidden Fruit, but that's probably because the yeast hasn't completely settled out yet. A little odd-tasting. I'm hoping it's because it's young and flat, and that it'll improve in a week or two, and with carbonation. Leaving the rest of the batch in there for at least another week before finishing up with bottling so I get a clearer beer.

The mead's still bubbling strongly, but I did after all use a champagne yeast strain which has a higher alcohol tolerance. No wonder it takes months to make.

Wenky
2:38 PM
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