Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Killing the Keg: Attempt No. 3

Okay, now I'm really starting to feel old and lame: I had three of my best beer drinking buddies over last night for Monday Night Football (tip for Tennessee's receivers: when Vince Young hits you in the hands, you're supposed to catch the ball) and we still couldn't kill off the keg (see previous posts)! So tonight, Portland Bill and some of his friends are coming over to help me try again. Seriously, there is still a lot of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in that damned thing!

And it still tastes pretty good, too. Something I probably should have known years ago, but didn't: If you untap the keg when your party's over, it can stay pretty fresh for a good long while, even sitting un-iced in my garage. (Then again, why should I have known that? For all the kegs I encountered in college, I didn't have a whole lot of experience with
unfinished ones.) It's not quite as carbonated as two days ago, but it's no flatter than your typical beer in a London pub.

Either I'm gonna kill this keg, or it's gonna kill me.

(And no, that's
still not a picture from my party.)

(LIVE UPDATE: The keg is dead. Long live the keg. Time of death: 8:50pm)

(UPDATE #2: Oops, I was wrong. We must have been having some pressure problems. There is still a ton of beer in this keg. I feel like such a failure — albeit a drunk, happy failure.)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow. That's kind of sad that in three consecutive nights the keg wasn't killed. Not that I'm making accusations since I was there for 2 of the 3. Thanks for all the Sierra Nevada and Happy Thanksgiving.