Update: Full writeup available Picked up a counter-high refrigerator today for a kegerator project. I would have preferred one of the all-refrigerator units such as the Sanyo 4912 or Danby 4.4, but I absolutely could not find one of them in Milwaukee. Wal-mart has the Danby available for free drop-ship but it’s $240. The Sears… Continue reading GE Clean Steel 4.3 Kegerator Conversion
Made and kegged a two-gallon batch of Rainbow’s Cream Soda and it’s pretty good. Heavy vanilla and honey up front but there’s a small woody/anise thing around the edges mixing it up a bit. Also at the end is an unexpected ginger bite. Not bad for $6.
Today in preparation for a Halloween party I brewed a 1.050 pumpkin beer. I followed the recipe and pumpkin cooking instructions in Brewing Classic Styles and it turned out very well. The pumpkin I bought was about twelve pounds, as each quarter weighed about three pounds. Jamil’s recipe calls for five pounds of pumpkin pulp… Continue reading Pumpkin Beer