Alright guys.. sorry about the lack of updates.. I had a hockey game last Tuesday night and tore my ACL, cartilage, and meniscus.. It has not been a fun week..
Here is where we are at.. Looks like the fermentation has pretty much stopped, so I am going to take a gravity reading..
It looks like we have a gravity of 1.014 at 72F. The calculated gravity at that temperature is 1.015. What do I know from this reading?
Remember when I took the initial reading? Here is where it is important.
According to the calculations from my first reading our yeast is at 76.19% Attenuation. And according to the yeast chart, this yeast has a 72%-76% attenuation rate. That means that this yeast is pretty much exhausted and this beer is ready to keg.
With our gravity readings I can also calculate the Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of this beer. It looks like it is sitting at 6.28% which is a whole 1.28% higher than Bud and a whole 2% higher than Bud Light.. It may not seem like much, but if you aren't used to it.. It will hit you.
Here is the color and what the beer looks like in the glass
The nose is of cloves
It is of med/full body and has a clove and citrus flavor.
It is smooth and not dry at all.
Now it is time to move it to the keg. I will sanitize the keg and the theif (the device used to siphon the beer to the keg) and then move it over.