Saturday, May 17, 2008

Filtering beer and Chandlers new found quest

Today saw 12/2 gallons of Pumpkin Seed Pale filtered and kegged. It also saw me repeatedly stab myself with a screwdriver as I attempted to remove two spiral retainer rings from to 5 gallon sanke kegs. The problem began when I realized ( after cleaning, sanitizing and installing the valves back on the kegs) that I had forgotten to dry hop them with roasted pumpkin seeds. I then had to turn around, remove the valves and place the little mesh bag of seeds in each keg and reinstall the valves. Along for the ride today was my oldest son Chandler, who would not normally be anywhere near the brewery, but who is now earning money so he can purchase cards for a pre paid cell phone. Hopefully this will be the last small batch of the PSP which has gotten pretty popular at Pisa Pizza, a local pizza eatery with really good pizza and a kind of friendly neighborhood garage ambiance. Pisa Piza is owned by a former classmate of mine at Notre Dame and is our first consistent tap location. The kegs now sit in the walk in carbonating and should be ready in three days. New neighbors to the brewery visited and tried some of the u-brew beer. Unfortunately, I was wrestling with kegs and didn't get to visit. Herein lies the only problem with unannounced vists and that is that sometimes I may seem preoccupied or just not real talkative. I promise I'm a friendly guy but it does get hectic down there some time. Tommorow Tony, president of the local homebrew club will come down and we will transfer 55 gallons of an english brewed with our new mash tun for the homebrew club to serve at the southern brewers festival here in chattanooga. 5 gallons of it will go straight to cask, the rest will go to secondary conditioning tanks. should be interesting. Mon sees an equipment trip to atlanta for more 22 oz bottles and some kegs.

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