My May 2014 ESB is delicious

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by rocdoc1, Sep 19, 2015.

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  1. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Savant (1,215) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico

    Last year I didn't drink much beer for a variety of reasons, and certainly didn't brew much. But a couple of months ago I found a keg of ESB with a May 2014 tag on it so I put it in the kegerator and now I'm drinking it. It's a very unusual beer, not hoppy, or malty even, but very dry. Any residual sugars got fermented out over the past year, but being kegged it also didn't get oxidized. I didn't really like the first few pints of it, but now it's my favorite beer on tap. Just wanted to share that.
     
  2. Jesse14

    Jesse14 Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 Massachusetts

    How do you "find" a keg in your kegerator? I am apparently doing something wrong. I need a bigger kegerator so I can lose a keg or two. Nice problem to have. Good for you.
     
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  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    It's homebrew, why wouldn't it be great. It has love built into all of those bubbles. :wink: Nice find.
     
  4. wspscott

    wspscott Pooh-Bah (1,958) May 25, 2006 Kentucky
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    He found a keg and put in in the kegerator. This has happened to me as well. In the past I have had 5 or 6 kegs in the basement waiting to be tapped. Sometimes one keg keeps getting pushed to the back and the next thing you know, you have "lost" a keg in the basement. I posted a thread like this about a keg of porter that I "found" in the basement a year after I brewed it.

    @rocdoc what was the recipe?
     
  5. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    OTOH @rocdoc1's kegerator is probably big enough to lose a keg in.
     
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  6. Jesse14

    Jesse14 Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 Massachusetts

    That's what happens when you drink and read...lesson to you kids.
     
  7. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Savant (1,215) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico

    I'll have to look and see.. I have 2 6 keg kegerators, one for serving and one for lagering and carbonating. I'm just now getting back into the mood to drink again so there's probably a few kegs in the carbonating fridge that may be interesting. 2014 really sucked, and I don't drink if I'm not happy.
     
  8. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Welcome back to happiness, and happiness is finding a lost keg. :stuck_out_tongue:
     
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