The Fall stayed warm for quite a while, so it wasn’t until December that the house was reliably staying below 70 degrees, which is where I want it to be for making beer. I found some cheap dried malt extract on Amazon that I could add to my two remaining batches of Mr. Beer Classic American Lite that I had bought in May 2019 (expires in September this year), but after I ordered Amazon cancelled the order saying it was a pricing error. I didn’t want to pay a lot for extra malt and hops since it didn’t seem to make a lot of difference. But I didn’t want weak beer either, which Mr. Beer usually is by itself. With limited time left until warmer weather, I thought maybe I could just use both cans in one batch, which is sometimes done by people to get a stronger, more flavorful beer. Then I decided that since these came with booster (sugar that adds alcohol, but not taste) I would just make a regular batch. By doing only 2 weeks of fermenting instead of 3 or 4, I should be able to get the second batch in. I think the main reason to ferment in the barrel is to let all the carbon dioxide escape and let the trub settle out. But the activity drops off so quickly, that I don’t think those are big problems after two weeks. The beer will continue to ferment and age in the bottle for another couple of weeks. So I just made a regular batch and it seemed to go pretty smoothly, but this morning there wasn’t much activity. I put the yeast packet in the refrigerator for the last 18 months, but it is pretty old. Maybe it will just take a little while to get going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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