today's been so far quite a productive day - have transfered the pale ale i made last saturday into the secondary fermenter - thats going pretty well - looks like it'll be ready just in time for the labour inducement party - somewhere around 40 pints worth, at about 4.9% with a nice hoppy taste to it. its all gotta be drunk pretty much that evening, or in the few days that follow, so all hands on deck - drinkers needed!
then today i thought i'd use up some apples from beanies' organic fruit bags by making a cider. with 10 braeburns, 2 peaches, a few raspberries and a couple of other things, plus huge amounts of sugar, i've made up a tester batch of about 750ml of the stuff - with an expected alcohol content of 9.6% i have high hopes for this one - just fresh it tastes awesome. am hoping to have it sometime later this summer on a particularly fitting hot summer's evening.
oo yes.
i've also come about a box of sierra nevada pale ale, a truely excellent example of what americans can brew when they put their minds to it. 12 bottles for about £12, also ready for the labour inducement party (should my pale ale be undrinkable!)
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