Milestone IPA

[carpet]

Well it got down to 1010 and I bottled it last night into my motley collection of donated bottles. Started bottling at 10.30 and didn't finish til 1.30am - I need to try and get more efficient (especially when I have to be up at 6 for work the next day!)

I have now also had the mandatory spillage as I knocked over a jug of siphon run off. On carpet as well. Bum.

Had a sneaky taste and there doesn't seem to be any hints of infection so fingers crossed it turns out nice.

[fivetide]

Good job Carpet. I feel your bottling pain. Never, ever be tempted to label bottles with glue on top of the normal bottling horror, it makes one already awful experience even worse.

[carpet]

I cracked over the weekend and opened a bottle just over a week after bottling to 'check on its progress' and I really wish I hadn't bothered as it tasted quite odd indeed. I was rather half cut at the time after having sampled quite a few organic craft ipas/bitters from tatton park and my local organic supershop so I can't remember what it tasted like just that I couldn't bear more than a few sips.

I'm hoping this is more to its green-ness rather than the fluctuating temps it had to endure (15-22 degrees).

Anyway, got my aquarium heater now so next brew should be a breeze

[fivetide]

Give it a few weeks, I'm sure it'll come right.