I am sure that you guys know by now that I have already bottled my home brewed beer and I am eager to crack open a bottle. Well, I did it. I opened up a bottle and took a nice little sip of the fine home brew and it was wonderful. Too bad, I didn’t cool it enough but I am sure when it is chilled even more, it should taste even better. The beer looks clear, without any hint of cloudiness or sentiment. This is what I wanted. However, the carbonation was a bit weak, not too sure why is it that way. I added the correct number of carbonation drops to the bottles. Perhaps I need a little more time for the yeast to completely carbonate my beer. Anyways, it is just the first bottle. I am sure that if I age them longer, they should mature and get better tasting.

Here are some of the pictures

Look at the head it created! Malto-dextrin, I love you. You can also see the little bubbles in the glass, looks good doesn’t it?

A closer look of the beer. Clear golden brew. Just the way I like it. I took the photos in the evening, so it isn’t bright enough to show off the nice gold colour of the brew. But I think it looks light enough to be a lager.

It looks a bit darker here. Most likely due to the fact that the area I am taking the photo from is a bit dark because of all the curtains and shades. However, you can see the opposition buildings through the glass. Nice.

The same picture but showing the head. As you can see, the head/foam didn’t retain very well, but this photo was taken about 10 minutes after taking the first one.

For those who are interested in the taste of the beer, all I can say is that it taste very clean. It leaves very little aftertaste in the tongue which makes drinking this very refreshing! And although it has a hint of bitterness, it is not too overwhelming like my previous batch (which I threw away). You won’t feel the bitterness after a while anyways. This is an easy to drink session beer and should go down easy with most people. Alcohol content is about 5%. But you will probably not taste the harshness of the alcohol in this beer.

Oh, if you don’t know, this is an Australian Pale Ale which I brewed from a can of Cooper’s concentrate, some malt, dextrose and malto-dextrin. All of them combined and created this fine looking brew. Thanks Coopers for making this so much easy! I am sure I won’t be so lucky to get such a brew after only 2 tries. And I hope this has inspired some of you to start brewing your own beer, instead of buying commercial beers which cost half your arms and both your eyes. And the best part about home brew, you don’t need to worry about driving home after drinking. You are already at home!