No, I haven't forgotten about the blog - more that there hasn't been much going on in the last month or so.
As per my previously entry relating to Brew Three - the Amber Ale, the beer went into the fermenter on Saturday 12th May. I took a gravity reading on Friday 25th May which was 1015ish. When I took another reading the following week it had dropped slightly to 1014 but I figured it was ready for bottling. Unfortunately we went away down to the Hawkes Bay for Queens Birthday Weekend so the beer wasn't bottled until Sunday 10th June which means it was in the fermenter for more than four weeks. I don't know if there is any possible negative impact on the beer itself so only time will tell.
The bottling went smoothly and the bulk priming seems to make the whole process a lot more straight forward. The only thing I was a little bit concerned about what that at the bottom of the fermenter there was a lot more trub than previous brews so I wasn't sure whether I would get the full 30 bottles worth - as it turned out I needn't have worried as I easily managed to fill the 30.
Now we wait to see what the beer tastes like.
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