With only two more weeks to go on the liver cleansing diet, and the focus being on natural and healthy, we decided to treat ourselves to a home brewer. We figured if we start it now, our beer will be nice and naturally brewed, ready for us when we finish the diet.

We mixed it all up in a big tub last Thursday and it was just a matter of waiting until it farts. We were hoping to watch the farting process, but alas, this happened while we were away in Banbury for the weekend and we missed it! We came home on Sunday night and the beer hadn’t just farted, it had well and truely shit itself. There is brown gunk sprayed all around the edges and on the lid of the tub.

Anyway, this is a good sign as it means it has hopefully finished its primary fermentation phase and will soon be ready for bottling. It is very important to be sure it has finished farting before we bottle it. If we bottle it too soon, the gas will continue to build up and may cause an explosion, or worse, it may taste like shit!

Mike took a hydrometer reading today, and will take another one tomorrow. If the two readings are the same, then this means that the beer has stopped farting and is ready to bottle.