Singing Boys Brewing
Artisanal Handmade Beer
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Red Ale Pt. III


imported from old blog, originally posted March 2010


We bottled the Red Ale last night - 52 bottles.  They are bottle conditioning now (we added priming sugar to carbonate, plus they need to age in the bottle).  We expect they will bottle age for around 3 weeks, but its difficult to predict how long it will need.

From our taste testing, this seems like it wll be a malty beer, with a good hop bitter balance, not overly sweet.  There was a little more roasty flavor than I thought there might be, but the carbonation might help wash that out. 

FYI, with this batch, I "harvested" the Scottish yeast I used after the fermentation was over, "washed" it and have stored four jars of it for future use.  This is our first effort at managing our own yeast - rather than just buying it - another element of truly handmade beer. 

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