A Big Red One

So, my brother and I have started a new batch. It's a Red Ale... or it's supposed to be anyway. It's had a few bumps in the road, but it's also a very experimental batch.

First off, this was our first time using a plastic carboy (thanks James for the supplies). So, I thought we could just use the same airlock we had been using. WRONG. It ended up overflowing... and all of the hops got stuck up in the top. Ooops. But I fixed it by running a tube into an old pitcher full of water. This worked wonderfully, other than the water smelled godawful by the end.

I am trying to get more clarity in this one and eliminate some of the cloudiness, so after the initial fermentation period, we racked it into a new bucket. Hopefully that will help clear it up a bit. We've got all of the bottles ready so, we should be able to bottle it up on Sunday or Monday...

It's starting to look red. At first it looked some kind of nasty diarrhea, but that's all better now.

It's very exciting. Especially the bubbles...

Sweet