The gravity of the ale after two weeks at 18 degrees suggests an alcohol content of 1.3%, which is ridiculous.  I was very suspicious of the OG reading, and the fermentation was pretty vigorous at the start, so I am assuming incompenence and bottling. The proof will be in the drinking.

The beer needs to mature for at least three weeks before drinking, but I used spray malt, so it should continue to improve for months after that.

Off to May and Brett today to pick up another wine kit and probably a new Blue Boar kit together with a new carboy.

It is still exciting and rewarding to hear the hubble bubble of the yeast going to work. This is supposed to take 8d to ferment, but I set the t4emperature lower than advised, so will probably leave it a couple of weeks.

For some reason the controller is finding it hard to keep the temperature spot on, but that might be due to the temperature changes because of the vigorous fermentation?

Lots of cleaning and searching for missing stuff and fixing the brew controller which fell on the floor and unplugged all the leads…but I am back in the home brew business again.