Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The Ninja (update)
After a long weekend of being on the go, I originally planned to transfer The Ninja into secondary on Monday. Unfortunately, my energy level was at about 1% of max, and I had nothing left. I passed out on the couch and there was NO way I was going to get up to deal with beer. So last night, the time had arrived. It had been a hair over 3 weeks and this thing was still making alcohol. After getting things sanitized and the transfer started, I pulled a sample for a taste and a hydrometer reading. I can't remember if I had mentioned in my last entry about it, but the OG was just about 1.097 (12.9% potential alcohol), and I was eager to see where I was at after 3 weeks of CO2 being pumped out. So after filling the tube, I dropped the saccharometer/hydrometer in and damn, that thing sunk like a rock; unlike the OG (where it floated like crazy). Currently, it read 1.021 and 2.25%, which puts this bad boy at 10.65% ABV. I won't go into flavor and such since it's so young, but I did drop in another bit of ginger to try to get a touch more of that flavor on board. More to come...
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