Sunday, 1 July 2012

Brew Four - Bottling the IPA

Progress on the fermentation of Brew Four has been smooth sailing.  On day seven I added 30g of Imported Cascade hops into the fermenter for dry hopping.  I've read that some people bag it up but I decided it was just as easy to drop the pellets in and hope they don't block the tap when it comes to bottling.

I took a gravity reading on day nine and it was already down to 1014-ish so the plan was to bottle on either Saturday or Sunday (Day 14 or 15).

I've decided to bottle the IPA on the same day as I make the next brew which has the potential to complicate matters somewhat but I've managed to enlist the assistance of my brother Jeremy for the brew so two extra sets of hands should make light work of it.

I'm planning to carbonate with less sugar - because there is only 21L I don't want to overcarbonate the beer and since I've had such success with carbonation so far I figure I don't need it to be so bubbly.  I'll aim to prime the beer with 180g sugar before bottling.

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