After 9 days in Primary, I just racked the Pale Ale I made in to Secondary fermentation, along with a few ounces of Amarillo and cascade leaf, floating hoppily on the top snug in there nylon stocking “hop-bags”. They are a bit too buoyant though as I think the knit or weave used is so tight that air cant get out of them very easy, so I am concerned I am not getting as much beer-hop surface contact. Probably need to add some kind of ballast to them somehow.
Gravity is 1.0 even and after adjusting for a 75F sample that is about 1.002. It started at 1.048, so that gets me a 4.8% ABV fairly dry brew. That sample I took during the transfer tasted very good. IBUs a litle on the high side for a Pale but nice fresh citrusy hop flavor, bot at about the level I was shooting for. It’s still early but this is looking pretty good.
A week or so dry-hopping and I will keg it, possibly with another smaller DH addition.
