Out Of Key Brewing

I recently bought a 10 gallon corny keg to use as a fermenter.  It is perfect to ferment lagers in because it is as tall as a standard corny so it fits nicely in my kegerator.  In order to use it as a fermenter I simply connect a piece of tubing to a gas ball valve, connect that to gas in, and run that into a growler of sanitizer.  It worked perfectly when I fermented my Yellow Sally Pilsner.

On Sunday I used it as my fermenter for my Wader Patch Wit.  I sanitized it, racked into it, connected the gas valve to the beverage out post….wha wha what!…The next morning when I walked into the fermentation chamber (basement bathroom), the active fermentation had pumped four of the five gallons onto the floor and carpet.

Quite a mess.

Quite a big mistake.

Not one I will be making anytime soon again.

Just got word from Jay that the government is doing its job in keeping us safe from Beer Terrorists.   Don’t we all feel so much safer now.

If we really want to get the economy moving again how about removing some of this fu_king government bureaucratic bull_hit.  I think its safe to say that there are much better uses of resources than putting a cage around a couple fermenters.  Again way to go Homeland Security.

What a joke.