Well, we Barely Brewers have been slacking the last week and we went a bit long on the primary fermentations for the last couple beers. Shouldn't be a problem though! A couple of days ago, Spargemeister Tron returned to the San Anselmo brewhouse– I mean, kitchen– with his brother Jack, and new roommate, Mr. Suddaby, to keg the Scruggs-Style Rye-PA and rack the Blinding Light Pale Ale and the newly named Twang Theory Amber. The Spargemeister and I had gone to SF Brewcraft with the Cornelius keg, regulator, and CO2 tank that our friend from The Free Theatre, Andy, lent us to check it out and talk to them about kegging our first beer. The guy who gave us the most advice didn't even work there; he was just an avid brewer and friend of someone who does! With a filled CO2 tank, a general ok on the keg, and some replacement seals for the keg fittings, we got to work!
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| Barely Brewer Taylor, Spargemeister Tron, and Mr. Suddaby Kegging |
We set the CO2 tank to force carbonate the beer and we are hoping its working as the gauge on the regulator is pretty finicky and we were told not to trust it anyway...
After kegging the Rye-PA and re-sterilizing the carboy it came out of, we racked Arthel Watson's Blinding Light Pale Ale, dry hopping it with 1/2 oz each of Willamette and Cascade hops. After more sterilizing we cracked the top on the bottling bucket (and crossing my fingers that it remained sterile since we'd never used it before) we took a whiff of what we are calling Warren Hellman's Twang Theory Amber Ale. Smelled like beer! We racked that one, too, and called it a day. Whew!
The jokey box we are planning to build for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is coming together, too, after receiving some advise at SF Brewcraft on that, as well. So that's it for this time around, beer lovers. Stay tuned for more updates on our Hardly Strictly Brewgrass plans!
