Last Friday evening we transported the brew batch from the fementing bucket into the secondary fermentor, also known as a glass carboy. We had a few cameras on the scene, so I hope to have pictures uploaded pretty soon showing what that process is like.

When we popped the top of the bucket (to create some air for siphoning) I was fairly appalled at the smell. Don't get me wrong, it smelled of brew, but it was pretty rank as well. We intend to let it ferment as long as we can. Instructions say to let it sit in the carboy for 5-7 days, and we'll probably go for 7. Each day the beer in the carboy seems to be growing lighter and more "beer-like" which is a very good thing.

Also in the next couple of days I will follow up Arlen's posting of notes (see below) with my own documentation. Eventually we'll have a seperate page where you can view, in steps with pictures, how we go about brewing beer.

So, stay tuned for pictures and many more notes. Our gross beer party looks like it's about two weeks away, just in time for finals!