Belgium Wit Beer: Racked Beer to Secondary – August 17, 2006
Final Gravity Reading: 1.017
Alcohol by Volume: 4%
I racked the Belgium Wit Beer today and took a little taste. The bitter orange peel came through well. At first taste, I couldn’t quite place the flavor and thought it could have been some really off flavor. On second taste, the orange came through. The beer has a quite a bit of sweetness to it. I can’t wait to get it into the bottle.
The beer is very, very cloudy even in small volumes. It has a dark amber, pumpkin-like orange color. I will need to look up the lovenbond reading for this style to see if mine is about right. [edit 9-27-06] I double check this, and I am way off on the color. I must have browned my extract during boiling. It is also possible that the extract was not very fresh; extract will naturally darken during long storage. Even though I missed the mark on this one, it is certainly still a very good beer.
This brew really produced a lot of yeast. I am going to try to keep some of it. [edit] Decided to get some sleep; not saving yeast this time.
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