Holiday Ale

After sitting in the fermentor for roughly 2wks, I bottled my Holiday Ale. I'm excited - I think it's really going to turn out. The shot below is after siphoning from the fermentor. There was so much foaming during respiration that a thick layer stuck to the sidewalls and is still soaking off in my kitchen. I only got 45 bottles from the batch, which puts the volume of lost beer closer to 2 quarts - oh well.

Of course, the volume of lost beer should easily be made up by the alcohol content. I'd put this one near 7% abv. and you could smell it. Initial taste test suggests it is going to be a very flavorful beer - could definitely taste the spices. Cleared up suprisingly well too. Should be ready just in time for christmas.