Chinook, Pumpkin and Barley Legal HB

Chinook IPA

With help from Mary the Chinook IPA is bottled. This was the first batch with dry hops, and that last bottle from the bucket will be interesting! Maybe a simple cheese cloth filter would help.

The caps are from Bottlemark. At 12 cents a piece it's great! Since I don't currently label my own stock they're great for keeping them straight in the future. I'm trying to decide about saving some for the future. At this point I'm thinking 10 bottles, and break open a couple each year.

Pumpkin Update!

I tested the SG on the Pumpkin Rye and got the first taste. It's about 6.5% ABV so far.

 It's still young, but I'm very pleased with the flavor at this point. It's got another day or 2 before the fermenting is done. We're going away this weekend, so moving to the secondary will happen next week. I put the sample in the fridge for a while and there was a heavy coating on the bottom, so it's clearly still active.

Homebrew club

I joined the Barley Legal Homebrewers today and found out that they have a Pumpkin brew contest. Just might jump in on that and get some feedback, but won't be around during the meeting when they do the review. Bummer. I'm looking forward to interacting wit the group.

John