Came home from vacation and went for a beer. Temperature controller on my keezer locked up and I had four and a half gallons of frozen beer! Cried for a little while and started the thaw, had a few bottles of porter to ease the pain and agony, worked the temp controller a few times.
Two days later the keg was thawed, placed it back in the keezer and kept checking the temp.
Had a batch ready for a friends birthday party that needed to be kegged and force carbonated so I did that but I only had one picnic tap. Took the tap off the keg in the keezer to use on the new batch. Checked the temperature again.
Got up the next morning and went to check the temp again….. apparently the o-ring on the beer post was damaged by the freeze! About 2 gallons of beer in the bottom of the keezer! (more crying)
Anyway, the beer still tastes GOOD! It’s an amber ale by the way. Going to have to invest in a good controller.
Heard the birthday beer was good, I couldn’t go, had the pager, (more crying). It was a toasted blonde with some honey malt. Had a bit of a sweet taste to it but very drinkable.
Cheers!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
MAY DAY BEER!
Brewed a 'Toasted Blonde' for a friend of mine on May 1st. It's for his birthday and he is REAL OLD! Happy Birthday Mike!
Brewed it on my new rig I picked up on Friday. Should be done by his party.
Bought the rig thru the Green Bay Rackers brew club. (Thanks Randy) . The previous owner departed in March so thanks and condolences to the family. I will toast to Kelly with the first beer and use his system often and well.
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