Duvel

My Duvel did not turn out as planned. It tastes like a mixture between a Belgian and Blue Moon. There is way too much sugar left, and the poor little yeasties had too much trouble and they just couldn't pull through. My target alcohol was 8.5%, but I think I'm at about 4.5%. Also, I did not mix the priming sugar enough and now some of the bottles are volcanoes.

I was hoping to enter this beer in March Mashness, but I did not. It is quite a dissapointment to spend a lot of time and money on a beer and have it turn out poorly. It is still drinkable, but not what I was planning on. I think I am going to take a simpler, cheaper route next time instead of getting too far ahead of myself. Still, for my second batch it wasn't horrible.

As far as the Passion Fruit goes, I haven't had time to rack it yet. Oh bother. I'm pretty sure I am not going to reach 25.5% though, because the yeast won't be able to survive that long. I will update.