My parents have been making wine and beer for the last 10 years. They seemed to make wine much more often than beer. Dad said it was because bottling the beer was such a chore. We discovered a way around that, and now there's always homebrew when we visit.
We found a kegerator at WalMart. The kids all chipped in, and it made a gift that's used a lot. The kegerator uses a 5 gallon, corny or cornelius keg and a CO2 bottle that's refilled at the welding supply store.
My dad uses homebrew kits that he buys at Brew Your Own Brew in Tucson. If there's a need for beer between batches, our local brew pubs are happy to fill the corny keg.
PS - if my mother is appalled by the wire running across the tap, I will gladly replace that photo if someone sends me a photo without the wire. ;-)
3 comments:
thanks for posting this! Chef Tim will be Brewmaster Tim soon enough :)
Hurrah! We home brew, too! There's a great store in Tempe called Brewers Connection - I can't go there with my husband, though, because the brew guys will keep him chatting for HOURS. Our current favorite "concoction" is hard apple cider - I always joke that the reason we get invited to parties is because people know we'll bring a bottle of "the apple stuff." :)
Erin - is there nothing that man can't do?
Laura - We'll have to check out the Tempe store. It sounds like they might have a bigger selection that the Tucson shop.
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