Beer Update
Jul. 15th, 2003 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbyI've been getting thousands of requests for a beer update, so I'll share my progress with you.
I siphoned off the clear beer from my carboy of cherry beer. The carboy was fermenting, wrapped, and inside the refrigerator for 16 days, and voila' it's now a clear pale amber orange color. The fermentation was very efficient, even at 40 degrees F, the sugar has fermented into alcohol, and the beer is quite dry. I poured off the last quart or so that wouldn't siphon (the cherry pits were getting stuck in the siphon hose), and am drinking it now.
I can taste the hops and a subtle malt flavor, and also a sour flavor from the cherries. It's unusual and interesting. There seems to be a tannin taste, like tea. I think I'll bottle it on Saturday.
I siphoned off the clear beer from my carboy of cherry beer. The carboy was fermenting, wrapped, and inside the refrigerator for 16 days, and voila' it's now a clear pale amber orange color. The fermentation was very efficient, even at 40 degrees F, the sugar has fermented into alcohol, and the beer is quite dry. I poured off the last quart or so that wouldn't siphon (the cherry pits were getting stuck in the siphon hose), and am drinking it now.
I can taste the hops and a subtle malt flavor, and also a sour flavor from the cherries. It's unusual and interesting. There seems to be a tannin taste, like tea. I think I'll bottle it on Saturday.
