Sunday, February 17, 2008

Home Brew

I am just about to bottle some home brew. It is a wheat beer that is supposed to taste like the Belgium beer Hoegaarden. This is achieved by adding some ground coriander seeds and orange peel instead of hops. It has been fermenting for 8 days at about 22 degrees which is good. I was a bit worried at first because it did not bubble much out of the air lock, but the specific gravity seems to be decreasing. I just have to wait for it to settle and it should be ready to bottle. I am going to use some old long neck bottles, so hopefully they don't explode. I have another brew that is in bottles so that should be ready to drink in a week. When this is bottled I should have a good stock pile in the cupboard. Party time!!

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