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So California has this great store called "BevMo!"; they're doing a buy-one-get-one-five-cents sale on wine right now.
Suggestions?
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Good call that way you can "release" it.
I reccommend with the ideas you're going for that you purchase 2 pins (5.2) gallon gravity kegs. You don't have draft but you could run these on weekends and having 2 allows one to be at a brewery being filled and one being poured for guests at the owl. The other benefit is breweries love having their beer served naturally so they will do special things upon request when filling a firkin or pin such as dry hopping, spice, vanilla bean, use your imagination. If you're interested I can get you set up with where to buy them, getting a sled, etc.
So California has this great store called "BevMo!"; they're doing a buy-one-get-one-five-cents sale on wine right now.
Suggestions?
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
box wine. drink it in the alley with your balls out.
I'm serious.
Reminds me of college.
Reminds me of Tuesday.
People forget how important good ventilation is!
Pontius is my Co-Pilate
I'm entirely ignorant of what you're talking about. Are they just small kegs? Do you mail them out to get filled, or is it a local thing?
Give me all the details.
Boo, Hiss.
It is a wooden barrel held at an angle (by the sled) so the beer can come out of the nozzle using the magic of gravity.
It is, I think, the best way to enjoy a beer.
I can't answer your other questions.
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The idea is cask-conditioned beer. Beer from the fermentation tank to a barrel of some size to your glass that is naturally carbonated and served at a "cool" temperature 45-50F to bring out all the natural flavors. The most popular varieties are seen as a firkin (angled on the bar as josh mentioned) or a beer engine (pumped by hand from a cask in a cooler). A firkin simply refers to the volume (10.8 US Gal) but they are mostly used to serve cask conditioned beers. As it is with fresh foods, these beers only keep about 2 days so it's important to be able to sell all of it once tapped (great for weekend business). The firkin holds approx 86 US pints so it can be sometimes difficult to kick it quickly unless you are downtown metro area. The pin is roughly half the size and holds about 50 US pints making it a more reasonable business venture for a smaller venue. You can purchase them (and venting, tapping equipment, cooling jackets, etc.) here at UK Brewing. They call the sled a "wooden stillage" but you can build one yourself and make it unique. The stainless steel ones will last forever plus easier and more effectively cleaned so I'd go that route. Plus you get to spraypaint them artistically so the brewers get to know you well. Most often you will send them through your distributor to the brewery where they will be cleaned and filled and you'll be billed by the distro for the beer. I'm not sure what the laws are there but I think it'd be interesting to fudge an invoice and drive one of those suckers to a tiny kickass brewery unavailable in the area, fill it, and bring it back for an event. Of course you shouldn't break the law.
You must be as sexy as this man to tap one:
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