After getting a nice start to the week with a brew day,
OCBC Brewer Zach
Beckwith took over today to handle the second day brewing. As such, I turned my attention to our Big
Brite Tank, which had about 20
BBLS of Nut Brown in it. With clear direction, I set up the Mini King Keg Machine and started
pre-washing kegs while my caustic heated up. Although the Mini King looks like its seen better days, it's a great machine. The thing cleans, sanitizes and fills -What more could you really ask for? It sure beats the hell out of single filling kegs from the tank, that much I can assure you. So, I kegged out about 40 half barrels and some 5.2 gallon kegs, most of which will go out to our distributor tomorrow morning. We usually do all of our of kegging on Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings. Today was a fairly
light load by all accounts and some weeks are like that, depending on what the distributor wants and how many empty kegs we actually have. Kegging was the very first thing I learned how to do at the brewery. I can still remember getting my instructions and then being handed a pair of rubber
gloves to scrub the fittings. Some brewers have told me that they despise kegging, but there's something about it I still enjoy. Maybe it's the fact that I'm alone in the back of the brewery,
stereo up pretty loud, working at fast pace and getting a decent workout in the process. Then again, maybe it's because it was the very first thing I learned and the first way I was able to contribute to the brewery. Working with beer in any form has become a rewarding experience for me. Got some
interesting things to share in the next few days, including an update on our
Hefeweizen and a few words about something called G-Free.
After getting a nice start to the week with a brew day, OCBC Brewer Zach Beckwith took over today to handle the second day brewing. As such, I turned my attention to our Big Brite Tank, which had about 20 BBLS of Nut Brown in it. With clear direction, I set up the Mini King Keg Machine and started pre-washing kegs while my caustic heated up. Although the Mini King looks like its seen better days, it's a great machine. The thing cleans, sanitizes and fills -What more could you really ask for? It sure beats the hell out of single filling kegs from the tank, that much I can assure you. So, I kegged out about 40 half barrels and some 5.2 gallon kegs, most of which will go out to our distributor tomorrow morning. We usually do all of our of kegging on Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings. Today was a fairly 
light load by all accounts and some weeks are like that, depending on what the distributor wants and how many empty kegs we actually have. Kegging was the very first thing I learned how to do at the brewery. I can still remember getting my instructions and then being handed a pair of rubber gloves to scrub the fittings. Some brewers have told me that they despise kegging, but there's something about it I still enjoy. Maybe it's the fact that I'm alone in the back of the brewery, stereo up pretty loud, working at fast pace and getting a decent workout in the process. Then again, maybe it's because it was the very first thing I learned and the first way I was able to contribute to the brewery. Working with beer in any form has become a rewarding experience for me. Got some interesting things to share in the next few days, including an update on our Hefeweizen and a few words about something called G-Free.
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