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I finally got around to bottling the wit a long time ago.  Drank it and it turned out pretty good.  I think leaving it in the secondary made it uncharacteristically clear.

I brewed another batch, I think about 2 months ago.  I’ve lost track.  It is a clone of Fat Tire.  It has set in the secondary fermentor for ages.  I’m hoping the batch isn’t a goner.  I won’t get to bottle this week because it is jammed packed.  We’re heading to the beach t his weekend and work is pretty busy.  Hopefully, next week when things settle out, I’ll have a chance to bottle.

I’m thinking of doing a winter warmer or some other celebratory ale.  Some recipes I’ve seen you need to let sit for at least 2 months, so I should get cracking soon.

So, it’s been a while since I brewed the wit (April 11th) and I still haven’t bottled it.  I did rack to secondary so hopefully it is OK since it isn’t sitting on the yeast, but I have to imagine leaving it for this long might produce some off flavors (or make it taste great, who knows).  Hopefully, I’ll get around to bottling this weekend.  Things have just been so busy lately.

   I decided to make something my wife might enjoy a bit more than the pale ale.  Homebrew USA had a Wit recipe that I decided to try.  I was pretty excited to get the next batch underway because I was going to do my primary in glass (Thanks, JP for the carboys!).

So on to learn from my first batch mistakes and make new mistakes with this batch (it’s how you learn, right?).

Recipe: “Wit” Way is Up?
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