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The surviving 4 gallons of this batch going into bottles :h These will be pasteurized / refrigerated more carefully

EC1118, stuck fermentation (I had let it sit for 4 weeks, no progress), still pretty sweet (SG 1.050 or so). Was still deciding what to do with it, stupidly put a cap on it to move it around and left it for a few days: moving the jug must have shaken it up enough to get it going again.

Oops. Glass embedded in the wall, dent in the fridge, this was intense, I'm glad it blew over night! https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN7GVx1iJPO9y4uI9YbJCakdrQfct4MF393h6rI4Qvo40Vtt_LdB-p-7-8X780FUw?key=R3ZWMGRsMU1lODZNQ2thTXVnbzVKa2NOd0tmd1p3 Defused the remaining few 12-ounce bottles...

4060 + 10 = 4070 My Hydrometer paper slipped a LOT, so, the batch on the left (4 gallons in the bucket, 1 gallon in the carboy) has an extra pound of sugar, to be about 12% when it finishes. I'm planning on adding half a gallon of water 17 ounces of lemon juice to get it back to 10% abv...

Finished my first batch and bottled! 53 bottles, after giving most of it away / being drank by coworkers, I've got 10 left that I put labels on, I like how they turned out! =)

My only batch so far was still blooping the airlock even though the SG was 0.990, three weeks after I had pitched the yeast. I figured it was just off-gassing (despite my vigorous degassing efforts) so I just bottled it up, pasteurized it, and it all magically vanished from the work beer fridge...

Pasturing went smooth, was easier than I expected, cool stuff!

Nice! A lot of that went over my head. I agree, I don't think the internal bottle temperature makes it to 180 F, I think the intent is 140-160 for about 10 minutes, like you mentioned. I think a couple people have done what you did with the thermometer in the bottle (along with 5 other...

Bottling pictures :D

All bottled up, got 53 bottles out of it, the 15 or so (non-sparkling) bottles I put in the office fridge are already disappearing. Was nice to have coworkers to run the capper for me lol. I have a plastic bottle filled for carbonation checking, and a "control" bottle of sparkling water to...

4038 + 5 = 4043

Nice! I'll try that. Thanks!

Okay, so I see ThreeSheetsToTheWind saying this: So I guess that answers my question -- it should be fine! So I guess I'm just here to be proud of my pictures :) It's in my glass carboy now but I forgot my phone at home on Friday :D

Hi! I have 5 gallons in secondary, tastes awesome so far. I made it at work with my coworkers, was a lot of fun. I've read a couple people complaining about the taste of k-meta and k-sorbate that the original SP recipe calls for, and I happened upon this thread...