First Contact - first tasting of the #brew after 4 days bottling. Look at the pic with 2001space odyssey music playing in your kind :) #food

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Ok, so this time had finally come - and yes, i have been a touch impatient (only waiting 4 days - i mean what was i thinking ;) ). I stepped into the understairs cupboard and plucked out a lucky contender for the first sampling of the mighty brew. Felt like something out of Toy Story with the mighty claw coming to whisk away one lucky bottle.

Headed into the garden (yes, i actually managed to go outside as the 40 days and nights of rain had finally left us). And cracked the virgin cap and poured out the liquidy amber goodness.

I will stop being emphatic now - it had a nice fizz, good aroma, still a touch cloudy, slight bitter aftertaste but not unpleasant by any means (but i guess that's why its called ale/bitter). First impressions were rather good. Easily quaffable without feeling you are forcing down sprouts. Which was my last memory of homebrew.

Here's a vid of the first tastings

Will wait another week and a half before the next taster session.