I just saw the other thread, and it inspired me to post about mine. Long story short, 12 years ago life got in the way and I stopped brewing until recently. Just before that I brewed a barleywine, kegged it up and set it aside to age for a year.
Two months ago when I started cleaning and rebuilding my kegs I realized one was full. A quick tap on the gas in valve produced a slow hiss and a wonderful smell. After getting over the shock of it keeping pressure all these years, I began to realize there might be a wonderful nectar in there. Unfortunately at the time I didn't have a kegerator, so there it sat. We finally got a new freezer a couple months ago so I could convert the old one to a keezer, and now it's chilling off and under pressure (no major modifications to the freezer yet, I couldn't wait). I'll be tapping it for a sample in a couple days. If you never hear from me again, it didn't go well. :cross:
Two months ago when I started cleaning and rebuilding my kegs I realized one was full. A quick tap on the gas in valve produced a slow hiss and a wonderful smell. After getting over the shock of it keeping pressure all these years, I began to realize there might be a wonderful nectar in there. Unfortunately at the time I didn't have a kegerator, so there it sat. We finally got a new freezer a couple months ago so I could convert the old one to a keezer, and now it's chilling off and under pressure (no major modifications to the freezer yet, I couldn't wait). I'll be tapping it for a sample in a couple days. If you never hear from me again, it didn't go well. :cross: