Stage one is now complete. Nobrainer is not holding out much hope for Nobrainer’s Brew version 1.0.
On Saturday, I transferred the contents of the Mr. Beer brew keg into 3 large, old soda bottles. At this stage the beer is mixed with sugar and stored in a pressure vessel (thus the old soda bottles) where the alcohol and carbonation levels increase. After a week or so the product will be transferred into smaller, 16 oz bottles. So several days ago I bought an 18 pack of Coors light in plastic bottles. Over these last few days I’ve had to systematically empty said bottles so they can be properly cleaned and prepared for their next beer containing lifetime.
Unfortunately, the beer already smelled cidery. Not to say that this is necessarily bad, but it’s not really good. It is becoming apparent that hops will have to be added to future mixes to add the appropriate bitterness that beer really needs. The next batch, in lieu of hops, will take advantage of ground coriander.
Oh well, it can’t be worse than Schlitz. Can it?
