Checking in on the beer

So it has been a few days since we have started our beer. I thought I would give you an update. It usually starts to bubble the day after you put it in the carboy, this shows that it is fermenting by eating up the sugars. During that phase it is usually really cloudy. This morning when I looked in on it, I noticed that it is starting to clear! This is after it has been sitting for 4 days, this is a good sign and what it is supposed to do. We will leave it where it is for 3-10 more days as we are not in a big hurry and then move it over to the secondary ferment. This is where it clears up even more.

While the beer is fermenting you need to make sure that all sunlight is blocked out. If it gets too much light it becomes "skunky" and you have just lost a batch of beer. So we leave it wrapped during the day and adore it after the sun has gone down. Yes, we let it ferment in the kitchen it is part of the adore it after the sun has gone down thing.

Here is what it looked like this morning. It is much clearer than yesterday!