Rusty Bucket DimWitbier

So, I waited a couple of weeks extra before bottling my witbier in the hopes that it would clear out a bit and lighten in color. No such luck. Saturday, I bottled it. Heh, I need to get a kegging system. Santa baby?

Everything went well if you don’t include the fact that I forgot to add the priming sugar until after siphoning the beer into the bottling bucket. I added the sugar mixture to the beer slowly, stirring a bit to get it nice and dispersed. We’ll know in a couple of weeks if I’m getting carbonation. I figure the ABV about 5%, which is right where I want it. My wife tried a bit and really enjoyed it, so that’s something.

I decided on “Rusty Bucket” for the name of my homebrewery. I’m sure that someone somewhere talks about the human preference for naming things; how giving something a name makes it more official, more real. My first brew I called “Don’t Not Drink Ale,” mostly because with all of these other great beers available in my area, it could be easy to forget about the mass amounts of homebrew sitting in my basement.

Well, that’s all I have time to write today. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks, I can give you a rundown about how it tastes

Until next time,

Lot, of Snow

~ by lotofsnow on December 10, 2007.