So, before I left for the weekend, the krausen (the head that forms on the beer when it's fermenting) had not fallen into the beer. That normally means that it's not quite done fermenting. Therefore I decided to wait a little bit on bottling.
When I got back, the krausen had fallen (though it looked like it had only just fallen). So, I took a gravity reading. It weighed in at 1.009 from 1.038. This puts the abv at about 3.8%. This is, of course, pretty low, but that is what I expected. This morning I checked the gravity again and it was holding steady at 1.009 meaning that it is ready to bottle.
Originally I was going to bottle today, but two things happened that prevented me from that:
1) I realized that not all of the bottles I needed had been de-labeled. So, I required a little more prep first.
2) My beloved Toomer's Corner Trees were poisoned, most likely irreparably. If you want to read more about what happened, click HERE. After hearing this, I really didn't want to do anything. I certainly didn't want to bottle my beer on this anniversary.
Therefore, I decided that I will bottle tomorrow when I don't have class.
I'll let you know how that goes and will try to post some pictures! Until then, War Eagle!
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