I'll keep this one short and sweet-
There was no further drop in gravity during the secondary fermentation. The beer still has a strong "off taste" (kinda bitter) that doesn't linger. Hopefully that goes away while it matures and carbonates in the bottle.
The beer was transfered to a bucket for bottling where 3/4 cup of dextrose was used as a priming sugar. Bottling went smoothly but the sanitation process of the bottles seemed like an eternity.... I do not enjoy the sanitation part of homebrewing.
here are a few pictures from bottling day:
Transferring to the bottling bucket - priming sugar already added
The bottle filler worked very well and wasn't messy at all. - I am used to bottling carbonated beer at the Brew Kettle and you have to deal with quite a bit of foam over.
The capper
Capped bottles and the test jar for a hydrometer reading
A little taste for myself. What a nice dark looking beer, it will look even better with a nice frothy head on it!
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