Oso planning to go pro
I tried Three Floyds Zombie Dust on tap at Romans last night, I'm not great at describing what I tasted but I really loved the spicy hop flavors (Citra?) but after drinking a bit it seemed sort of thin and lackiing other than the hop taste.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Well, I just managed to homebrew 5 gallons of vinegar. At least I know how to keg my 'beer' now.
What were you trying to make? Did you introduce Aceto or infection?
A simple brown ale. It was my first go at kegging my own so I wanted something that I knew was easy. Turned out that it was probably Aceto... which is a bummer. But at least I managed to carbonate my vinegar... so... small success?
Out of curiosity... what type of keg and where did you get it from?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_kegCorny keg. Brand new for xmas last year, unsure where my wife got it from... totally unused though. I've been slacking and didn't make a new batch of beer until early November this year... had to drink up the reserves and then there were some nice seasonals to try.
Yep... got a dozen or so of those in my basement... many years ago I had occasional contamination problems with cornies until I learned to properly (and completely) disassemble/clean/sanitize the things. But yours was brand new, so you got a mystery on your hands.
Sorry for threadjacking this into a homebrew discussion, but the title doesn't say where you had to get the beer. The OP simply said good beer deserves its own discussion.
Hey, by all means, talk away.As someone who doesn't have the room (and likely the patience) for homebrewing, I find this interesting.
So, as I'm sure many of you know, the Bradley Center has a craft beer bar on the second level. I think it's called the Tap Room. It serves your typical solid crafts (Sierra Nevada PA, Ale Asylum Hopalicious, Lakefront Fixed Gear), your big beer "crafts" (Blue Moon/Shock Top/Leiney Stuff), and your English/Irish imports.Aside from beer on tap, there's also bottled beer. More of the same usual, but solid craft beers/big beer alternatives/usual imports. A few weeks ago, something caught my eye-The Tap Room sells bottles of Leiney's Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout. I don't think I've had a better stadium/arena beer.
Hard to pass up Ale Asylum Hopalicious on tap....
Try living 5 miles from the brewery.
Since your close, does Ale Asylum sell kegs out of the brewery to the public?
I've never asked, but they are carried at many area liquor stores. I had Hopalicious at my wedding 3 years ago.
I'll send them an email.That's one thing I wish breweries in Wisconsin did a little bit better on. Many of the Chicago guys have keg reservations, sucks to make a trip and come away either empty-handed or without the brew you were really looking for.