Beer in the cellar

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benread
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Beer in the cellar

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I live in an old pub. The cellar so far has been home only to bottled beer, wine and port. At least that’s the case since we’ve lived here and I suspect since it ceased being a pub in 1936.

Today I had this delivered by a friendly local brewer! It’s now resting until Friday when I shall have my first attempt at tapping a barrel of beer. Hopefully without showering my port bottles in ale!


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A progress report is most definitely required!

The problem I find with beer is that if it is not in a bottle or a pub I just get bored too quickly to drink enough of it to avoid having throw out a lot of it. I often think I would like a go at some home brewing but then think I’ll never get through a full batch...
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The cask was successfully tapped this afternoon. And likewise, there is no chance I will drink the c. 60 pints before it goes off. So I then spent an hour or so filling 4pt plastic milk cartons and delivering them to neighbours!
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benread wrote: 22:38 Fri 19 Feb 2021 The cask was successfully tapped this afternoon. And likewise, there is no chance I will drink the c. 60 pints before it goes off. So I then spent an hour or so filling 4pt plastic milk cartons and delivering them to neighbours!
What a wonderful neighbour!
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Doggett wrote:
benread wrote: 22:38 Fri 19 Feb 2021 The cask was successfully tapped this afternoon. And likewise, there is no chance I will drink the c. 60 pints before it goes off. So I then spent an hour or so filling 4pt plastic milk cartons and delivering them to neighbours!
What a wonderful neighbour!
It was share it out or risk drinking myself into oblivion trying to consume 60pints in a week or so!


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