So, I went back through baker's records and re-counted how many kegs I've killed. grand total since my first kegged batch, Safety Champ 2, 21 total kegs killed. I forgot to record my achievement.

Also, dropped off our entries for the brewoff: diplomanator, brynnemaker, and shippenmaker...we don't work for the beer nut though, so I don't see a gold medal in our future.

And I've had a chance to start sampling the hard lemonade I cooked up a few weeks ago. It was verrry sour and yeasty on my first sample. Earlier this week, I tried backsweetening it by cooking up a simple syrup and adding it to the keg. This has kind of helped with the sour. It definitely does have a champagne flavor to it though from the yeast, I think I'll try a more neutral flavored yeast next time...possibly a sweet mead yeast because it tends to leave around 3% residual sugar. I'll have to give it at least 1 or 2 more weeks in the keg to know for sure what it will finally taste like, so we'll see.

-kris