Beer Engine Birthday Present

[shetc]

My fellow home brewer and very good friend, Dave, built me this beer engine for my birthday. Ain't he a nice guy?

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[Flaviking]

Thats a damn good friend.. looks slick too. congrats.

 

[shetc]

Thats a damn good friend.. looks slick too. congrats.

Thx! I'm still gob smacked.

 

[shetc]

Ok, so here is the finished product as it were. First of all, I put to use a mini-fridge that has been sitting in garage for a few years.

 

[shetc]

Built a cask breather out of my beginner's CO2 kit -- this is considered cheating by CAMRA.

 

[shetc]

Built (badly) el cheapo case of plywood, and stole some clipart off the interweb.

 

[shetc]

And last night we started pouring pints! I made 5 gallons of a Courage Directors clone, which has cask conditioned in the keg for 2 weeks (4.5% ABV). Beer served at 47 F. Nice full bodied English bitter with a great mouth feel -- my friend Dave used professional sparklers that he ordered from Europe.

 

[John Paul Stoddard]

Lovely gift

 

[jcav]

That's awesome! What a great friend too!

John

 

[dwalters]

Dave here. Getting all the parts together to make Engine No. 2. When I saw how much fun number 1 was, I figured that I'd make another for myself.