Sad sounds in brewing/ new beer on tap

[Yooper]

So, today, I heard the sad sound of "blllllllllccch" as Bob poured a beer. It was an amber that's been on tap for a while, but I still hated to hear it. About 10 minutes later, that same sound happened to me as I poured an IPA. (We both got 95% full glasses, though!).

So, two kegs kicked within minutes of each other. I only have two left on tap at the moment, an Irish draught and an IIPA. I have one in primary now (IPA) and an amber to keg tomorrow. I want to start my Vienna lager, but it seems like I have to brew all the time just to keep myself in a current supply, let alone a beer that takes 12 weeks!

I love APAs and IPAs, and some hoppy ambers. But I should get out of my comfort zone. I feel like if I always had an IPA on tap, then I would make more alts, English beers, stouts, porters, hybrids, etc.

Next up is a steam beer, I think. Since the amber is coming, and the IPA is in primary, I think a steam beer would be a great contrast.

What do YOU keep on tap?

 

[Nugent]

I had a fantastic Irish Red on tap until a few weeks back. I'm still grieving from when the keg made that awful sound. Truly terrible.

My latest, seemingly always-on-tap beer has been the Deschutes Mirror Pond clone from CYBI. Still tweaking it to get the malt balanced to the 4.5 oz. of Cascade in a 5.5 gal. batch, but really enjoying it.

 

[Sea]

Always IPAs. The more I drink beer, the less I want to drink anything else. At least not five gallons of it.

 

[teach]

I bottle, but my only repeat beers so far are your Dogfish 60-minute IPA recipe and BM's Centennial Blonde. I like to keep around something dark (currently Orfy's Mild-Mannered Ale), something light (just about to bottle BM's Cream of Three Crops), something malty (currently nothing fits the bill) and something IPA-ish (currently your 60-min IPA).

 

[beerthirty]

Since I have had brewery build problems lately the answer is not much. now that most have been solved I'll go back to my original plan/solution. A pale ale, a red or amber, a stout, and an IPA. I have had two kegs kick on the same day and I feel for you yoop. It is a sad and sickening sound. This is the only negative to kegging that I have ever had to deal with though, and it still beats bottling.

 

[twohands]

At least 1 ESB on tap consistently. Visitors like it and its (relatively) fast to finish. 2 in the same day? DAMN.

 

[Reelale]

Ed Wort's Haus Pale Ale will be (is) a staple in my pipeline. Would really like to have a continous supply of a brown ale and/or an English bitter, but I only have 2 taps, 4 kegs, and I'm still experimenting.

 

[carp]

I keep IPAs on tap, and also some IPAs.

I'm feeling like my pipeline is getting a bit thin, as a result of brewing 10 gals every three weeks. I need to get back on a two week schedule in order to have plenty and to be able to give a keg here and there to some good friends.

 

[Houblon]

What do YOU keep on tap?

Cold kegs right now:
5gal IPA
5gal APA
5gal Belgian Blonde
5gal Saison

Keg in waiting :
5gal Saison

Beer in secondary:
5gal IPA
5gal APA
5gal of Houblon clone

Beer in primary:
5gal Belgian Blonde
5gal APA

So I guess my house beers are always - APA,IPA,Saison,Belgian/French Blonde

 

[Homercidal]

I only have 2 taps, and I'm the only one drinking, so I just have whatever I felt like making at the time. Currently a Strong Brown Ale and a Belgian Pale.

The Belgian Pale is past it's prime IMO and I'm looking to replace with something. I'm wanting to make a IIPA like Hopslam, but honestly, I ought to get away from the hops for a bit. Then again, I think both kegs will be empty fairly soon, so I *could* do an IIPA and something else more "drinkable".

I like the Belgian Wit when it's warm, and Centennial Blonde.

I'm in process of setting up a small cooler to use as a mini mashtun. Then I can do half-batches. Maybe set up two boils on the stove and get two different beers from one brewday's worth of effort.

 

[david_42]

I only brew when a keg blows or I get tired of something and dump it. So, a blown keg is a happy sound.

 

[skeeordye11]

My original plan was to always try to keep something hoppy and something malty on tap at all times. Well, I have founf that when I don't have an IPA on tap I really miss it. I have a house recipe that I am working on and tweaking and have enough hops to brew it 2 more times. I think I'm gonna try and keep that on tap all the time, and then just rotate the other tap to whatever I feel like. I have 2 taps, but can fit 3 cornies in the kegerator so I can always throw my picnic tap on the 3rd if I'm craving something different. I think that'll be the plan moving forward for now.

 

[AnOldUR]

So, two kegs kicked within minutes of each other. . . What do YOU keep on tap?

Funny coincidence. Same thing happened here last night. I tried to pull a pint of IPA, but had to settle for less. A few minutes later, Jean went for the Porter and got the same results. As a general rule I like to keep something with American hops and something with Noble hops on tap. We’ve got a Best Bitter ready to fill one of the open spots, but my next IPA still needs a couple of weeks conditioning time.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I have;

Seltzer, DoppleBock, IPA, Strong Dark, Apfelwein, and a Milk Rye RIS.

Another cold ageing on gas (no tap) and another in the cold crash.

And I drink extremely slowly. So slowly that it is likely my ingredient stocks will stale before a keg floats.

 

[DBbrewing]

My house beer is a Oatmeal Stout and I always brew 10 gallons of it so when the second keg of it is half full I will brew another 10 gallons of it, so I won't run out. I only have 2 taps on the kegerator but it is easy enough to switch out kegs if I get tired of something, the kegs that are not on tap are in the basement an it is in the low 50's. I will raise a pint for your loss.