Time to Keg a Kolsch!
I just stuck my hydrometer into the Kolsch after three weeks in secondary. The news is better than I was expecting. I recall initially on the rack from primary to secondary I had some trouble because the ferment was still so active and the yeast hadn’t dropped yet.
The wine thief came out of the secondary with a near clear slightly darker than I was hoping for Kolsch. The little hydrometer sang me a tale of a gravity hovering in the 1.011 range. I like it when my beers finish around 1.015 to 1.010, much higher than that and I’m left with a clinging sweet after taste that I am just not fond of. Effects of a low carb lifestyle I suppose. (Hush, everyone knows beer doesn’t count!)
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to keg it goes. With the lovely hiss of force carbing, hi ho, hi ho hi ho hi ho!
TWO BEERS, yes, this will be TWO BEERS I will have “on tap”! I cannot remember even vaguely how long its been since I have had TWO BEERS on tap!
Now all I need to do is get a kegerator… my mother in law has one of those 3/4 fridges in her garage she’s not using… hmmm…
Cheers!
Tony
*Don’t forget the roll call!
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