And another 3 gone…
My available keg space just increased dramatically. Last night the American Pale Ale and Black Honey both kicked, and I expect to see an end to the Abbey tripel this weekend. The APA unfortunately never made it into a bottle… there was one pint left last night, and my son accidently knocked it over so I didn’t even get to enjoy it. The Black Honey Ale and Abbey Tripel both got 5-6 bottles filled so I’ll have some to enter in the upcoming competition if need be.
I put the Oak Aged Vanilla Porter on tap last night (some may remember it as “Sex in a glass”) and will get Ichabod’s Revenge Pumpkin Ale on tap sometime this weekend. Donna’s b-day is Monday, so she gets to choose the brews to celebrate. Not sure what the third will be - maybe the Native Rage IPA. I could use it to singe everyone’s taste buds in the competition and sway things in my favor… mwaa haa haa. Or maybe the Phoenix ESB… That would be nice.
This weekend is 10 gallons of Belgian Wit, brewed early Sunday morning. A fellow brewer might sneak out of his house and come watch, if his wife lets him - he’s looking into doing all-grain soon. I’ve also got recipes ready for 5 gallons of “Homegrown Pale Ale”, that will use my Nugget and Cascade hops from this season, 10 gallons of many beers (my peated scottish is next up), and the Ommegang clone whenever I get around to it.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I’m looking for a clone recipe for Ommengang Abbey Ale. Has anyone seen one? Thanks.
January 6th, 2008 at 6:12 am
There was one published directly from Randy Thiel in BYO several issues back. If you search the BYO website, you should be able to find which one.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Hey Garrett,
Believe it or not, my kids (ages 19 through 26) are buying me a Kegerator (spelling?). Do you have any recommendations?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Rick,
I got one from Sears about 10 years ago and it still works like a champ!
Cheers,
Scott
April 1st, 2008 at 3:24 am
I purchased my Sanyo BC-1206 after some shopping around and looking at various options. I actually bought mine on Amazon because it had free shipping, and while other places had lower prices, they ended up being more when shipping was added in. I think I paid $500-600 for mine.
I have heard many great things about about the True line of kegerators too. They’ve got a large capacity (hold 4 cornie kegs) and an industrial compressor that lasts forever. They are a little larger than the Sanyo unit, and come with some nice features like stainless steel tops. These were running in the $1000-1200 range though, last I looked.
There are other options which are less expensive, but they require you to do a little constructing - and if your kids are buying it for you, a kegerator is probably the way to go.
If you want to discuss more, shoot me an e-mail - garrett_AT_firststatebrewers.com…