Well lets call it a week of anticipation: waiting to see if Devil’s Pale Ale is the winner of the Pratt Street Ale House homebrew competition and waiting to hear back from Mr Marlon, requester of our first “pro” brewing gig, to see if he still wants the Old #1 we brewed for him.
Beer Notes: The only thing wrong with the aforementioned Evil Ale is a bit of over-carbonation. We will try to cut back on the bubbly next time we bottle. Maybe 3/4 of a bag of priming sugar would be enough, maybe just 1/2. On the positive side, everyone seems to like the beer. Everyone except one PSAH brewmaster so it seems. As for the Old #1, the brew started out at a low OG so I threw in some extra DME we had from our last extract brew. That raised the OG to just under what I expected. There was a large amount of fermentation activity. The beer seems to be coming along nicely.
Full On Double Racking: This weekend we transferred both the Old #1 Pale Ale and our beleaguered Munich Helles to clean carboys for dry hopping and lagering respectively. The pale ale looked, smelled, and tasted amazing. The pale lager, on the other hand, looked, smelled, and tasted like it needs some serious help. We’ll see what a month in fridge does for it.
Adios: I’m leaving for the west coast for a dozen plus days. I hope to have some sweet beer shots for you when I return and maybe a few posts from the road.