Pete's Wicked Ale
Just had my first couple glasses of Pete's Wicked Ale clone I brewed on Dec, 07 of last year. It is VERY tasty. A bit darker (mostly due to clarity) than the commercial version, but very good. Could use just a little more bittering hops, I think. I'm sure I'll brew this one again, but I'll have to see how the Moose Drool I'm planning to brew next turns out.

The Full Suspension is also ready, I'm just waiting for space in the fridge!!! Super Bowl weekend ought to take care of that problems. Grin.






- posted by Jeff @ 4:56 PM

 
New Keg Fridge
I finally hit the cooling lines on my Woods freezer that I was using as my keggerator while drilling some more holes for 2 more taps. Lost all the coolant and I'm not sure it is going to be fixable. I picked up a used refridgerator today for $75 and spent the day cleaning it, removing shelves, and taking the interior of the door off (so that all 4 kegs will fit in there). Drilled 4 new holes and mounted the splash grills and 4 taps. Got a 4 line manifold put inside on the back wall and plumbed out the back to the C02 tank. Also got a small shelf made for the back kegs (the back of most fridges is sloped, so, you have to build a square stand for the kegs to sit on in the back).







Now I'm just hoping I can find a way to repair my old freezer to use it as a temp controlled fermentation cabinet.

Oh, yeah, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

- posted by Jeff @ 6:25 PM