The First Keg!

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 10:57 am

mmmmmmm, heaven, I cracked my first keg last night, bloody sensational! The brew was a Cascade Spicy Ghost Draught, with Saflager yeast and a #15 BrewBlend.

The boys all thought so as well, I think most of the keg was plundered last night, i still have one or two comatose mates around the place.

must get a another keg in the fridge ASAP.

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 12:19 pm

Nice, nice. I think you've hit on the only problem with a keg system there Grabman. Sure, with bottles you've gotta wash them all individually, prime them, cap them, let them carbonate etc etc. With kegs, the problem is you spend all your time at the brew pot cause your mates have drunk all your kegged beer.

Not too much of a problem though. Spend $30 each at a pub having a few quiet ones OR get a bunch of mates around and nail a whole keg for $30 total. It's all good.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 3:15 pm

Only solution is to get a bigger fridge, more kegs and a second tap or gun. See if your mates can keep up then

.

Shaun

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 5:30 pm

See if your mates can keep up then .

That is SO NOT a dare I am throwing down to my booze hound mates.

Cheers,

Greg.

ps: So, Grabman, ah, ... when do you want us around to check the next keg?

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 10:00 pm

greg,
You get the airfare from Sydney and I'll put on a keg or two!

First keg is now officially dead! oh the mourning begins, scary thing is I've been a fan of James Squire brews and one of he crew brought a pack of JS Golden Ale around. I've got to say I was disappointed! This was a very average brew, nothing to set it out from the masses, in fact not a up there at all!

Seond keg priming up as we read this!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Saturday Dec 04, 2004 10:40 pm

Get rid of the friends.

Dogger

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sunday Dec 05, 2004 8:47 am

grabman

Give your friends a shopping list of ingrdients (they are buying) and the address of the local HB shop and get them round on a brewing day to lend a hand. Should be entertaining and they might appreciate the effort you put in to keep them supplied with good quality cheap beer.

Or if you can't be arsed to do that, as Dogger says Get rid of the friends.

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Sunday Dec 05, 2004 10:03 am

Good idea Andy, Christmas hol's coming up so I might give it a try.

Might get them to bottle a brew though, into stubbies!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Sunday Dec 05, 2004 10:28 am

Get rid of friends

Dogger

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Sunday Dec 05, 2004 12:05 pm

you just want to keep all the good stuff to yourself Dogger!

Isn't it better to share, get them hooked on home brew and get them to start brewing their own. Then you can to to their place and empty their beer fridge!!!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Monday Dec 06, 2004 4:31 am

My friends seem more than happy to let me do all the work. They also seem to think that homebrew means free brew. I must admit I wouldn't mind so much if someone came around with a bag of grains or let me take their Harley out for a spin

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Monday Dec 06, 2004 10:23 pm

IT'S DEAD!!!

The first keg is spitting air, it is no more, bugger!!

have to drink bottled for few days, next pot is still not ready to keg! I've got a MSB Oatmeal Stout on the go, but will bottle that and keep till next winter!
Next keg brew should be ready to drop by Wednesday, maybe !

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Tuesday Dec 07, 2004 10:11 pm

Lets have a moment of silence for the newly departed. By the way, its spitting CO2, not air unless some sold you an O2 tank.

. Additionally, its blown or blowing not spitting (I can be such a dick at times eh?)

Dogger

Matty · Post by **Matty** » Wednesday Dec 08, 2004 1:21 am

Could even make it $1 pots or something, that way you get some $$$ to put towards the next brew, and ya mates are chipping in!

Cheers

Matty

grabman · Post by **grabman** » Wednesday Dec 08, 2004 10:52 pm

I like Matty's idea! One of the crew has actually offered to buy the supplies for a brew, I sent him down to HB shop with a list!

Geez DD I'm the bloody teacher You'd think I'd get it right wouldn't you! Must be too much keg sampling

PIcked up extra bits on Ebay today to keg more kegs on tap, my dream of multiple kegs on the go at once is becoming reality.