Final details on the

Last night and this morning we finished off bottling the first batch of stout (pretty basic recipe) which had a final specific gravity of 1.011. Now that Denver is socked in with so much snow I'm looking forward to a nice stout.

This morning when the wort temperature got down to the low 70s the initial ABV for the pumpkin ale that we brewed last night was 1.045. We were a little late in brewing the pumpkin ale - ideally it would have been just ready for thanksgiving and really ready for the winter solstice. So, now it will be ready right around Valentine's day. And nothing says romance like a pumpkin ale, right?