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The new batch is now in bottles – the Little Creatures Pale Ale (concentrate with yeast – not so complex).

Stopped bubbling in the fermenter on Thursday/Friday, and finished up with a 1010 SG (this is sposed to be OK for ale beers).

Bottled with ordinary white sugar instead of the carbonation drops. The exact amount of sugar is a bit random – calculators say 5.7 grams (ok, so i’m guessing about the carbonation rate I am looking for) and the instructions that came with the brew kit say 6grams for these bottles – and the scale I have only does full gram amounts, so I can’t do point measurements anyway.

I have done most bottles at 6g, and did 4 bottles at 5g, 4 bottles at 7g just to see what difference it makes. Had to shake up the bottles a little to disolve the sugar (I put it in the empty bottles then added the beer). It will be intersting to see if any blow their lids – have most bottles in a plastic tub just in case.

2 weeks means they’ll be ready about the 28th.