Tonight we opened the first bottle of our first brew.
Built upon the Cascade Imperial Voyage Pale Ale kit. We added 1kilo of light malt (dry) and about 200g of dextrose.
Start with a specific gravity of 1048, ending on 1012, giving us about 5.4% alcohol/volume.
The beer is faily light in colour, and a little opaque. There was not a great deal of carbonation; minial head that didn’t last past the first inch drunk.
The flavour is not too bad. It’s still quite bitter, but this bottle is only 14 days old, and I’m confident that it’ll soften up nicely. The bitterness reminds us of a cheaper ‘bitter’ beer brewed in Richmond. Luckily, the whole flavour is a bit heavier than that.
Not the best, but definately not the worst – I’ve paid for worse beer before.
See some pictures here in my flickr set
Oh, and if you can tell me the how and why of what happened, leave me a note in the comments, I’d love to hear form you.
Cheers…
