I bottled the amber ale last night. I had meant to dry-hop it with the extra half-ounce of Cascade I had left over from the original brewing process, but I tricked myself into believing that I had thrown out the hops when it came time to rack. Turns out I left the zip-lock baggie in the stock pot, which I discovered last night, only two weeks too late. Oh well. This thing still smells good. I’m ready for some. If only it were ready for me.

Here’s the specific gravity reading:

This shows a final gravity of about 1.012, which is probably high by 0.002 to 0.003. I took the sample from the beer after adding the priming sugar, which will certainly tweak the gravity up a bit. It tasted noticeably sweet, I thought, so surely there is some measurable effect. I was so sure my initial gravity reading was wrong that I didn’t even record it (don’t think I had the wort mixed up well enough at the time), so I won’t be estimating alcohol content on this batch. I know it’s a light one, so it will be a good dinner quaffer. Just how I like it.

I’ll give you a review next week when I’m ready to pop the top on the first bottle. I have high hopes.

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• Posted by Tim on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 12:23:05 pm PST
• Category: Zymurgy
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