Last of the 2011 brews

Well, who would of thought that a year and a half ago I would be working in a pub, start to be conditioned to good beer and where to find it and only then, to start actually brewing beer earlier this year.  I sure didn't but it sure grabbed hold of me.  Bought an extract kit and found out I was not interested in brewing syrup (sorry extract brewers).  So I picked up a decent home kit and boom!  It all took off from there.

So the last of the 2011 brews is a smoked bitter.  It looks to be more of a session bitter in the low 4% range.  I am hoping that the smoked part will be a subtle taste and if the smell coming from the fermentor is any indication, then I may have met my goal.  Bit lesson this last brew is my time management has vastly improved since the first one, back in June.  I think it was 2 or so hours faster this time.  Every thing seemed to click.

Sooooo, I hope to have this one in bottles next weekend and able to drink it in 3 weeks.

I have also ordered one more 5 gallon carboy, so my ability to brew more often will increase.  I also gained more bottles from Joe which means I can put all that beer someplace when it is done.

Happy 2012 to all and see you next year :)

Later,

Tim