Keith B

By keibr

Beer - the next stage

We spent the day at home. There was plenty to do and the sun was shining so it was out into the garden. 
I was staying home as DHL was supposed to be delivering my package from the UK passport office, sometime between 08:00 and 17:00. They never arrived, which wasn't entirely a surprise since this is the fourth package they were supposed to deliver and none of them have come at the agreed time and date. The first message said it would arrive last Wednesday and it didn't. The second said it would arrive Thursday but we weren't home so we suggested today, when we could stay home, and we got a message confirming that, but no show again. Pretty poor service really for something called "DHL Express". Fortunately the package contains my old cancelled passport so I'm not hugely concerned but if I'm looking to send something by courier post DHL won't be getting the job.
(End of my mini-rant.)
However, as I wrote earlier there was plenty to do at home so it wasn't a huge problem staying in.
The beer has now been in bottles for its second fermentation for about two weeks. It's been in the house because the fermentation works best in a warm environment. Now it's time for the cellar, where the cool beer will no longer be actively fermenting. The sediment can settle to the bottom and firm up, making it easier to pour the beer and hopefully avoiding a slight yeasty taste.
I left the beer outside until the sun came around. Mostly that was to get a better photo, though a slight warming final kick to the fermentation wouldn't be a problem.
If you check the labels (thanks Jan!) you'll see there's a bitter and a pilsner here.
As well as doing the beer I also cut all the grass that the robo-mower doesn't do. That took a good three hours and put my step count up to well over 12000 steps; not bad when I didn't even leave the garden.

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