This brew has now been bottled/barrelled with an SG of 1014. It is still fermenting and has the same moth feel as a pub pulled pint. Not flat but nothing like the carbonation of a bottled ale. I had a taste .......err about a 1/4 pint to be honest as I was enjoying the taste. This is a cascade dominated brew, which is a follow on to an amarrilo I have just done. I can see how people think these two hops are interchangeable, but the amarrilo i think is far more fruity and summery. Still love cascade though.
So, bottled without any priming, or course, except one bottle which has a few grains of sugar (just to be daring
) The bottles are PET, not glass...........you didn't think I had actually gone "trucking mad" did you
The barrel was given a squirt of CO2 and the air purged to give a true reflection of how well it carbonates.
I know what you're thinking...........this ale must look like mud
Despite being a pale brew, it already has the clarity of a finished brew with a slight protein haze. I have not fined it in any way as this is part of the "experiment". My barrel has a deep bottom and "wastes" the end of a brew, so any fallout will be well below the tap (until I start the tipping tactic at the end)
I intend to be drinking this in about 5 days
. That make the start to finish about 9 days. I don't have any great means of temperature control, so that is the main area that is out of my control. No crash cooling or storage control..........just some basic method and wait and see. If this turns out as well as the early indicators suggest from the samples and previous part experiments, then this will change my brewing massively, with some fine tuning later. If it turns out POO then its cost me about £10 and five hours...............how many hobbies are there with such good value?
I will, of course, be updating as I go.............stay tuned
