Amarillo Bottling and Stuff
So I bottled the Amarillo Amber today, everything went as expected, so that is good. This beer was actually in its third carboy trying to clear, this was the beer that wouldn’t clear.
So I cleaned the bottles for this beer last Thursday and I finally got around to bottling it on Sunday. This beer was brewed almost a month ago, transfered and dry-hopped to secondary after about 10 days, and then transfered again to tetrary after about another 10 days in hopes that it would eventually clear. It has appeared to finally clear with a FG at 1.012. I used the Pro-Mash program again to see if that helps with carbonation. I bottled 4.5 gallons with 4.20 oz of corn sugar, more than I expected, but hopefully no carbonation issues.
I also checked the SG for the Imperial Stout and the “small beer”. The Imperial Stout clocked in at 1.036 right now and the small beer at 1.009. I’m hoping the IS comes down at least 0.006 more points and I’m happy with the “small beer”. Of course I tasted both; the IS was sweet yet it was also cut by the alcohol (like 8.5% already), it was thick yet not too thick and cloying, as of now it has potential, and the “small beer” was surprising in that there were notes of wood, and smoke, and leather, non of which were in the recipe, interesting.
I also sampled one of the IPA’s that were brewed with the dry yeast today to check on carbonation and I was pleasantly surprised to see it has reached the level of “creamy”. There is definitive carbonation, just not up to the level I was hoping for. Hopefully though this is a sign that it will continue to climb to the desired level.
I also drank the growler of ABA that was bottled in the growler instead of regular 12oz bottles. My main concern was carbonation, but it seemed to have carbonated just fine, maybe just a smidge less then the bottles. But there was a small problem. When bottled I assume some residual beer was left in between the threads, so when I uncapped the growler where the threads had been screwed to the bottle there was some mold. It appears as if no beer actually touched the mold, so I removed the cap, wiped down the neck of the bottle, and enjoyed the growler. No off taste or aroma as I could pick up. If I am dead tomorrow you know why, just kidding.