Brew Day 2 - Bottling the Pumpkin

Brew 2 - Pumpkin Ale.  Made a very lazy weekend of my 2nd bottling.  I spent 1/2 an hour just reinforcing my cardboard boxes so they wouldn't tear out the handles when loaded with my precious cargo.  I also took a great amount of time sanitizing.  I was only working 12 bottles at a time.

I transferred the beer to a secondary for bottling on Friday night to get it off the pumpkin and yeast trub.  I wanted to make sure it had a chance to settle out.  I was hoping to get a greater yield than my first batch. 

I do have a couple of concerns.  The final gravity was only 1.016 or so.  I thought it would finish out a little dryer than that.  The taste I did of the sample I pulled for measuring the FG was very sweet.  I wonder if I shouldn't have pitched a 2nd package of yeast.  I hope I don't have any bottle bombs.

I was able to bottle a full 608 oz, which is just 1 qt shy of a full 5 gallons. That's a really good yield. I am now patiently waiting for my bottles to ferment.

I am really pleased with the color.  We'll find out in another week if it's any good.