The Label

Ladies and Gentlemen, I post for you the first official label of the Decatur St. Brewing Co.

The art work is provided by the one and only Melvin Lambert of Phoenix, AZ.

The beer still needs time. But I will be printing this label and pasting it to the bottle soon.

Check back soon.

Pumpkin spice is all that nice...

Okay so since the pumpkin is in the bottle I have had time to do my math and final alcohol of this beer is 7.0% ABV (alcohol by volume). That isn't bad, but could have been better.  Seems like there was still some fermentable in the final measurement, but it was close enough.  This is the first full batch return to the bottles since getting the kegs and I am a little worried that the carbonation is going to be lacking, hence moving to the kegs for forced carbonation.

On another note I have moved one step closer to going to a full mash instead of the partial mash I have been doing.  I will post more on that later.  Have a good night to everyone.

Now we wait...

The pumpkin ale is in the bottles.  Looks mighty fine! Here are some pictures from bottling day:

Ended up with 36 bottles, which isn't bad considering most of the starting volume was from the pumpkin.  This beer has an amazing orange color. The taste is still to spicy (cinnamon and cloves), but you cant even tell there is alcohol in this beer.  That is a little scary since its around 7.2% ABV.  I think a couple weeks in the bottles with mellow out the spice and make this an excellent fall beer.  Still no label to show with this yet, still working on it as well as the artist who is working on the image for this particular brew.

May start working on my red beer this weekend, need to check if I have an empty keg to clean and that all the seals are well.  Last time I checked one was leaking CO2 so it wouldn't stay carbonated.  This is all for now.