Man, That was fast....

[Bulls Beers]

I just emptied my first keg...I drank that batch really fast. UGH!!!!!I don't have another one ready. I just racked a pils into my secondary tonight...What's a homebrewer to do...

Well, Atleast I will be racking an Apfelwein to a keg this weekend..But.......

 

[Blender]

You might try to find a brew pub that will fill one for you. It will tide you over for a day or two.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Will they do that? If anybody lives in and around the Boston area, who would do this greatly needed service??

 

[JustMrWill]

I personally enjoy the brews at Harvard Brewhouse ...give them a call and ask...couldn't hurt.

http://www.johnharvards.com/locations.htm#ma

-Will

 

[Bulls Beers]

If they agree, What would i need to do? Just bring a keg? Do I have to let it condition?

 

[JustMrWill]

I have never done this before...but...I would think that if they did this...
you would bring your clean/sanitized keg to them...they would fill it...bring it home and hit it wit CO2 to "top off" the pressure and re-carb abit...(a day should be more than enough) then enjoy.

If John Harvards doesn't do it...google brew pubs in your area and call around.

-Will

 

[Professor Frink]

I would imagine that any place that is willing to fill a growler will probably fill a corny for you. I would try John Harvard's also, maybe Boston Beer Works also. You won't need to let if condition if they're already serving it.

 

[wildwest450]

They will do that for us in Nashville at Blackstone Brewery. You bring a clean corny, they sanitize and fill it, no extra charge!

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I have the opposite problem. I have 3 beers waiting for an open tap, and 15 more gallons in primary right now.

I need more taps.

 

[Bobby_M]

That's a much better "problem" than the OP's. I've been flat out of beer even with a 4 tap kegger. That sucks and stinks of brewer laziness. You have to brew your next batch at minimum, just as you start drinking the previous batch. I currently have 8 kegs tapped, four of them on picnic faucets just sitting in my garage in the 39F ambient. I hope to kick a few during superbowl to make some room.

 

[Yooper]

Well, I have two taps, and started kegging right at Christmas. I'm just about out of beer! We (my husband and I) drank 3 entire kegs and are finishing up the fourth, since Christmas. That's right. 4 kegs in one month for two people. We didn't have a party or anyone over. One person stopped in for a pint, and I took one growler to a gathering. That's it. The rest was consumed by the two of us.

Now, that is absolutely amazing to me. I have to brew even more.

 

[Soulive]

If they agree, What would i need to do? Just bring a keg? Do I have to let it condition?

I've done this and you need to have pressure on your corny keg to balance out the pressure from the serving tank. In other words, I brought my keg and co2 setup with me when I did it...

 

[bigjohnmilford]

Try Owen Oleary's in Natcik , Harvards is about 5 minute up the road on rte. 9 in Framingham. Owen's has the best beer of any brew pub in Eastern Mass. There's also Watch City in Waltham they have pretty good beer too.

 

[Melana]

Well, I have two taps, and started kegging right at Christmas. I'm just about out of beer! We (my husband and I) drank 3 entire kegs and are finishing up the fourth, since Christmas. That's right. 4 kegs in one month for two people. We didn't have a party or anyone over. One person stopped in for a pint, and I took one growler to a gathering. That's it. The rest was consumed by the two of us.

Now, that is absolutely amazing to me. I have to brew even more.

This is the exact reason that I'm afraid of kegging... I know that we have absolutely NO self control and would drink a lot more than we could brew to keep up with demand.

 

[GloHoppa]

make a trip up to cape ann brewery!

 

[Melana]

make a trip up to cape ann brewery!

We just might do that... what do they have on tap?

 

[Chriso]

I share your pain. I just tapped my Hobgoblin for the first (real) time on Monday. (I took 2, maybe 3 pints out before that, just for experimenting with how fast it ages/naturally carbonates. I'm curious, ya know.) It's already 1/2 empty and out of pressure. Gotta get my gas line fixed if I want more beer!

 

[Bulls Beers]

Try Owen Oleary's in Natcik , Harvards is about 5 minute up the road on rte. 9 in Framingham. Owen's has the best beer of any brew pub in Eastern Mass. There's also Watch City in Waltham they have pretty good beer too.

I know all three. Do they provide this service for the homebrewer?

 

[Bulls Beers]

This is the exact reason that I'm afraid of kegging... I know that we have absolutely NO self control and would drink a lot more than we could brew to keep up with demand.

I wasn't sure how fast it would go. I kegged this batch on the 29th. I tapped it a week later. It was empty last night. So what's that. 3 weeks or so to drink this keg...I had one friend over to have some. He had about 4 or 5 pints, the rest was me.

I bought those small plastic tumbler cups to have a little taste. Seems i've had alot of little tastes..Jeez!!!

 

[Bulls Beers]

I have the opposite problem. I have 3 beers waiting for an open tap, and 15 more gallons in primary right now.

I need more taps.

Hey OB, are you only kegging or are you bottling too?

 

[JustMrWill]

I am trying to stock up so I don't have to drink "green" beer and I won't run out. I have 1 tap and 1 picnic tap...and 3 almost full kegs with one more conditioning...I am planning on making a LHBS run tonight to get stuff to brew another.

I tend to give most of my beer away then when I want one...I am out...can't let that happen anymore

Good luck...let us know who you go to and how much they charge...

-Will