Blonde Bottled and Cranberry Wheat Secondary

Friday, October 21st, the first blonde ale was bottled.  The total volume, 48 12-oz bottles.  Final abv is only 3%.  The result has shown me that improvement is needed in efficiency in the mash. An update with taste, aroma, color will be later.

Saturday, October 22nd, Cranberry Wheat was transferred to the secondary.

The cranberry wheat is a cranberry bog! It smells tart and hints of the juniper berries are coming through.

Only about 4 gallons were transferred.  This has been typical with the cranberry ales I have done and have presented a problem that I needed to find an answer for! Along with the beer being transferred, 1/2-oz of juniper berries, crushed by my lovely brew partner my wife, was added along with the juice from crushed 6-oz of cranberries.  Adding the juice is an attempt to get the cranberry flavor in this beer.  I added the juniper berries because I think they will complement the cranberry flavor, we shall see how it turns out.