This is the third installment of the beer related Tasty Tuesday posts. The fourth and final installment is my favorite (drinking the beer). This week, after two weeks of maturing the beer in the secondary fermenter, it was time to bottle! Bottling is probably my favorite part of making beer. You get to see the un-carbonated final product and there is something incredibly satisfying about filling bottles with a beverage that carries so much history and has the potential to make a lot of people very happy. And....I made it myself. This is quickly turning into a DIY type blog. So be it.
The process of capping the beer traps carbon dioxide inside the bottle and creates bottle conditioned carbonation. A single celled organism has never amazed me as much as yeast. The bottles will need a couple of weeks to fully carbonate and then after that....it's time to drink. During the bottling process I got my first whiff of the hop aroma. I have a feeling that this beer is going to be super hoppy. A perfect summer beer if you ask me.
Stay tuned for the finish product. If you have any beer brewing questions, or just want to talk beer, feel free to leave a few comments. I hope to hear from you.
Roommate Ryan capping that bottle like a boss.
Take care of yourself and each other...
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