Using the instructions in John Palmers excellent book "How to Brew" I made my very first beer. It is pretty close to his Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe. I used WLP028 for the yeast.
It tasted AWESOME when I bottled it on Sunday (04/01). Most of it was bottled in Erdinger 22 ounce bottles but I filled eight 12 ounce clear Newcastle bottles so I could watch what happens as the beer ages. In just a little over 48 hours it has started to clear beautifully and looks really nice. I am very excited! I think I will have to open one this Sunday after only a week to see if it is starting to carbonate and if I did everything correctly. I know clear bottles are not the first choice in beer bottling but it just looks so darn pretty in them!
When I pulled this one out of the closet today to take a peek it looked so nice I had to put it out in the sun and take a picture.
Since the recipe is a little different from the one in the book I am calling this Tall Pines Pale Ale after all the beautiful and enormous pine trees we have here on our property.
Thanks to everyone who makes this such a great forum and wealth of homebrewing information.
It tasted AWESOME when I bottled it on Sunday (04/01). Most of it was bottled in Erdinger 22 ounce bottles but I filled eight 12 ounce clear Newcastle bottles so I could watch what happens as the beer ages. In just a little over 48 hours it has started to clear beautifully and looks really nice. I am very excited! I think I will have to open one this Sunday after only a week to see if it is starting to carbonate and if I did everything correctly. I know clear bottles are not the first choice in beer bottling but it just looks so darn pretty in them!
When I pulled this one out of the closet today to take a peek it looked so nice I had to put it out in the sun and take a picture.
Since the recipe is a little different from the one in the book I am calling this Tall Pines Pale Ale after all the beautiful and enormous pine trees we have here on our property.
Thanks to everyone who makes this such a great forum and wealth of homebrewing information.