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5 gallons of beer brewing
Actually, this is the second batch. I started one last week, but I’d stored everything too long without being temp controlled and the yeast was dead. Never fermented.
Oh well. Dumped that batch, cleaned and sanitized everything and got a new batch started. And I’ll start another 5 gallons after I bottle this one. 😮🍻
This will be watermelon wheat beer. I’ve made it before. Great, refreshing summer beer. And, chicks dig it.. 🤪 ABV should come in around 4.8-5.3%. Should get somewhere around 100 12oz bottles out of both batches. About 1 week fermenting, then 2 weeks in the bottles carbonating. Batch 2 will of course be one week behind batch 1.


Oh well. Dumped that batch, cleaned and sanitized everything and got a new batch started. And I’ll start another 5 gallons after I bottle this one. 😮🍻
This will be watermelon wheat beer. I’ve made it before. Great, refreshing summer beer. And, chicks dig it.. 🤪 ABV should come in around 4.8-5.3%. Should get somewhere around 100 12oz bottles out of both batches. About 1 week fermenting, then 2 weeks in the bottles carbonating. Batch 2 will of course be one week behind batch 1.


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