Bottling day

Oh hooray! It's bottling day. After ten days of fermenting (we just couldn't wait) it was time to pour the beer to be into bottles. The fermenter had been nicely tucked away in the secret closet in the kitchen, silently bubbling.

Final gravity was 1.010, which should give us 5,6% ABV.

First sip: not too good. Disappointment. It tasted sour and bitter. JK thought it tasted like butter. Not really sure about that though. According to our good book this could mean two things: it's under-fermented or contaminated. Given how thoroughly we cleaned every single item that got in contact with the beer during the whole process, I'm leaning towards the first option. After all, ten days of fermenting is barely the minimum recommended.

Well, anyway. We poured it into bottles nevertheless. We though: Well, the process is not completely over. Let it sit in the bottles for a while. Let's see if it improves.

After filling up the bottles there was one that only got half full. So we poured that bastard into a glass an let is sit for about 15 minutes. And to our joy, the taste was much more satisfying than the first drops from the ferment er. It was much sweeter (of course we had added the priming sugar by then) and not at all as foul. I guess it just needs to sit for a bit.

We'll now let it sit in the bottles for at least a week before opening the first bottle.

I'm not expecting any ultra good tasting beer. But I still can't wait.