This month has been a busy one (and it's not over yet) so I haven't had all the time I need to keep up with everything on my blog. June started with a trip to NY to see Norm and catch The Ed Palermo Big Band at a club/restaurant called The Falcon. More on that in the near future.
The day after the show we went to a book sale/flea market event and in addition to picking up yet more CDs, I bought a Beer Machine home brewing system for $5.00. The package was opened but it all seemed to be in tact but unused so I figured I go a real good deal. Once I got it home and went through the contents I determined that indeed, all the parts were in tact but looking at the instructions I noticed that it was from 1995!
I opened the actual brew kit and found that the can of malt was a bit rusted and starting to bloat a bit. I figured it was best to toss the malt and guessing the the yeast was past its prime as well, I disposed of it too. Now we all know how businesses come and go so quickly these days but I did a search on the inter-web to see if the machine was still a going concern and somewhat to my surprise, it's still out there.
http://www.beermachine.com/index.html
I'll be ordering some new mixes in the near future and we'll just see what this machine is made of. at the very least, I'd like to use it's little keg for dispensing home brew since it's got it's own little CO2 cartridges for forced carbonation for those times when you just can't wait for something to self carbonate.
My plan is to brew my Mr Beer kit (that I picked up after Christmas) and hopefully have something on hand for when we have our annual 4th of July shin dig. If all goes well I could be brewing all kinds of small batches from now on.
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