Last night (July 31st 2011) we bottled our second brew, the Caribou Slobber Extract Kit w/ Specialty Grains from Northern Brewer. We brewed this one up on June 19th. I had more patience with this batch, and I waited an extra week in primary to let the fermentation settle down completely. When I moved it into secondary it had a gravity reading of about 1.011, and after doing the math my best guess put the alcohol content in the 5.5-5.9% range. Once it was in the secondary the fermentation was pretty active again for about a week. Not sure if it was just from me moving it around or what, but then it took about a week and a half to stop fermenting completely. I let it sit a few extra days, and after three weeks in primary, followed by three weeks in secondary, we bottled.
We got 50 12oz bottles. I did not taste it this time, but it smelled pretty good, and was a nice rich dark color. I think am going to let this one sit for three weeks in the bottle before trying it. I got a little anxious with the Hefeweizen, and I think right now I am just getting into the best of that batch.
I am looking forward to the Chocolate Milk Stout, which is still bubbling away in primary. Not a lot of croisan on this one, but it has been fermenting longer than any of my brews so far while in primary. The rest settled down much sooner.
I am now in the process of trying to find a brew kit for my wife to do. I think she is getting tired of being the cleaning/sanitizing person. So I am going to find a kit that I think she may like and make her do all the other work. I don't mind cleaning and sanitizing at all. And who knows, if she wants to keep doing it, I may end up with a larger capacity out of it. I have one primary and two secondary carboys now... Maybe another of each will be in order soon.
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