rack the casbah
There's been a lot of talk about Joe Strummer lately. Since I'm a fan of the Clash, I'm dedicating this entry to their late front man.
By order of the prophet, I decided to rack my pale ale in preparation for bottling. I was thinking about dry hopping this ale but I'm not sure if I want to. I have a small amount of hops on hand; Hallertau, Fuggles, Tetnang, and some bittering hops. I might use one of those, or I might just leave it as is.
Now over at the temple, the target gravity for this ale is 1.010 and that's where the beer is. I plan to bottle in the next couple of weeks.
The king called up his jet fighters because he was starting to worry about this batch. It was very active for the first couple of days, but then it seemed all activity in the airlock ceased. I did a gravity test and it was around 1.020ish. I stirred the beer a little and let it sit for another few days. I then did another test and it was at 1.012.
As soon as the shareef is out of my hair, (and as soon as it's ready to drink) I'll have a glass. I'm hoping for a good session beer and I think a nice medium body pale ale with a little over 5%
Drop your bombs between the minarets and email me some suggestions at paul@paulbeer.com.
You know he really hates it.
Good luck with the Pale Ale. I don't know if I would have been brave enough to hit it with the O2 again. The new trick for a stuck fermentation seem s to be a drop of olive oil. Or pitch more yeast to start with next time :)
Love your hydrometer pictures. I can't ever get one worth a crap.
Cheers