Post-Fermentation Hydrometer: 2.6 (What the actual fuck?)
Don't know what's going on,but I'm getting some wacky hydrometer readings with the Irish Stout (no kidding!!)... alc/vol calculator tells me it's 200%! Nevertheless, it's early days yet and thusfar, it looks and smells like Irish Stout. Nothing out of the ordinary to report. I'll be giving some Erstebrauen to people at work tonight, so hopefully it doesn't give them all violent diarrhea. Although it'd be funny if it did. =)
From the smell alone, I'm picking up a bit of a Linwood tapwater odour from the Lilphynott. It may be too late for the stout, but I'll buy some fancy-pants springwater for whatever I brew next. If it makes a difference, it's distilled water from here on out (Author's note: thank god I didn't do this! Distilled water lacks the minerals and whatnot needed for beer production.). If it's not the water, then I'm doing something else wrong and I'm all out of ideas.
Later that evening...
For some reason, Liam really seemed to like the Erstebrauen. Of course he did... it was free! Nevertheless, I made him promise to give me some honest feedback, so we'll see how he goes with that. It wouldn't hurt to give it to a few more people, just to see what they think. Incidentally, I hope there's some more money from Dad forthcoming, because this ain't a cheap hobby! I'm still collecting odds and sods as I go, so I suppose it'll even out once I've got the major bits and pieces. Once the glass bottles come out, I'll be a real ogre about wanting them back!
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