Kegerator

On a completely random note, I was talking with someone today who asked me about my beer-dispensing setup at home. I don't get to use it much these days, as my taste for beer is a little muted, but I built a kegerator over the Winter (or was it last summer - my brain is fried). At any rate, it cools my kegs, and provides me with first-rate homebrew when I'm not undergoing chemo. I built it from a new chest freezer, an electronic thermostat, some wood, and some taps I got from homebrew supply stores. 100% Patrick built and designed - with a lot of help from my brother. It basically consists of a wooden collar containing taps fit over a chest freezer with an electronic thermostat built in.

For those of you who are new to the blog, or don't know about my intense interest in homebrewing, making my next beer beer is what I was obsessing over prior to my diagnosis with the cancer thing. In brief - I love to brew, and I love beer.

That said, now you'll understand when I wax poetic about my homebrew.

On tap now, I have:

1) a Double-decocted American Wheat beer made with German Chamomile

2) an Amber American ale, which tastes to me an awful lot like sweet toffee - mmmm

3) an American Pale, brewed with homegrown Cascade

All good beers, though not great. Greatness is what we strive for.