Pale Ale update

Well after one week and a few days, it's looking good. The gravity started at about 1.054 and is still falling and just got below 1.018. Even with all the trub in the glass it still tasted much better than the last one did, so that i great thing. It looks like it will be a great improvement and right back to where i was before the few failures.

On a different note, i just got back from Portland OR, "the home of microbrews" and all in all i was not that impressed. I think I feel a little bitter about a horrible beer that i had at a very small brewery call Tug Boat Brewing Co. I was hoping to get some good, full bodied beers at such a small place. They only brewed 1.5 barrels at a time and I was hoping that would mean they are surviving due to the kill beer, but christ i had to take two drinks of a red ale and leave. I had such a bad, bitter, hop water taste left in mouth that i had to go into the closed hotel bar and down 2 buds, just to wash all the taste from my mouth. It's been about 5 days, and i think i can still taste it. Ok well i don't have any more time to talk right now, for i have a final in 1.25 hrs and haven't opened the book all sem. WISH ME LUCK!