Mr. Valkyrie Goes to Secondary Fermenter and Name Change

I did something that I don't normally do last night while moving the Valkyrie to its secondary fermentation vessel. Actually, I did a couple of things that I don't normally do.

1. I took 32 ounces off the top and filled a howler with it along with 4 carbonation sugar tabs. We'll see how this goes it a couple of weeks... I'll give it 3.
2. While siphoning the ale from primary to secondary, I used a muslin cloth around the end of the siphon to filter a bit of the trub out.

I measured the specific gravity at: 4.1 ° Plato. Which at looks like we'll be getting around 8% ABV - that's a bit high for me, but in hind-sight, when I took the initial reading the temp was a bit high (80 ° F). I temperature corrected the reading, but I probably should have waited until it was a bit cooler.

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NAME CHANGE: Since the Valkyrie technically should have been an East Coast Ale, not an American Ale, I can't really call it the same thing so I've decided to call this American Ale: Proper 1420. If you get the reference then maybe I'll see you at the Green Dragon.

That's all for now - I'll update again in a few weeks when I move the Proper 1420 into a keg and carbonate it... see you then.

So yes, I know it's been a long long time, but I have started brewing again.

A few weeks ago (6/26/19) I decided to ease back into things and brew up a batch of The Valkyrie.

3lbs 6row, 5lbs Munich Light, 5 lbs of Pilsen, some Saaz and my homegrown hops.

Instead of East Coast Ale yeast, I had to use American Ale yeast due to a shortage at the local supply place.

I used a yeast starter (although I didn't need to) and fermentation started almost immediately - even though I pitched a little hot at 75° F.

My gravity was 14.7° Plato.

Since I brewed outside I used about ½ a propane tank (I used WAY more than I should have just testing the whole system out after such a long hiatus).

Next I'll be moving it over to it's secondary fermentation vessel.