Ok, I've gotten a little behind on my blog, but I promise, I've been busy! Anyway, I had a couple of buddies over on Saturday, the 8th of July and we bottled my beer. Everything went according to plan (I think) although when I initially transferred my wort to my carboy, I spilled a bit and I must not have gotten it all cleaned up because there was some funky stuff growing under the carboy (better than in the carboy, I guess). One of the guys I had over has some homebrewing experience, so he helped things move along smoothly and now I am again playing the waiting game. This coming Saturday will be two weeks from bottling time, so I think I am going to crack one open to see how things are progressing. However, I am going camping this weekend, so I may have to drink it Friday night (or bring it along, but that doesn't really sound like a good idea, especially since my frosty mugs are at home).
RAGBRAI is next week (July 23-29), and I have some friends that are going to be participating in that, so maybe the following weekend (August 5th) I'll have a get-together and let people try my beer, if I feel it is ready enough at that point, of course. By that time it will have been four weeks. I was informed that this particular beer will, however, continue to get better as it ages for the next three months or so. So maybe I'll make them wait.
Anyway, if I think of it, I'll post my feelings about my first taste of the brew, but it probably won't be before this weekend.

michaellasalle

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