Cockpit change

It's amazing how much swapping the bars changes the look and feel of a bike.

The drops look better, I know. I can sprint in them faster too. Can't climb in them quite as well, though. If I put brake hoods on them, I'd have the best of both worlds... at the expense of some aesthetics.

Brewing Update 3.0

As of yesterday, gravity hadn't dropped to much from previous measurement, and is approaching final gravity estimate... so I added the gelatin finings to help precipitate out proteins. In 2-4 more days I should be able to bottle, after it's cleared a bit and finished fermenting.

Brewing Update 2.0

Gravity is still dropping, indicating additional fermentation. Good to see the additional yeast is doing it's job. Mouthfeel of the baby beer has improved a bit by sitting a bit longer, and the initial chocolate flavors are mellowing nicely. Slight dry pine flavor on the finish, which I attribute to the additional hops I added : )

Brewing Update

Well, due to some unintended temperature swings, I think I shocked the yeast in the fermenter... so today, I transferred to my glass carboy and added a bit of champagne yeast as per the instructions of a seasoned brewer. Looks to have restored the previous rate of fermentation and shouldn't really add any time to the overall process... and it shouldn't really mess up the taste too bad. Lesson learned. Tomorrow I'll sample the gravity again... I expect a few more days of dropping gravity before it really levels off and then I'll start bottling.