Hey all, I've posted a few times lately. Brewing regularly again (in other words, main focus of my life) after a 3 year hiatus! Man, when I say I hung it up, I didn't even hang it up.. I just walked away completely, like Chernobyl. Fermenters left with trub in them, 5 gal bucket with PBW that had dried up back to its powder form, etc. My keezer completely abandoned, lots of mold..
So whenever my cousin motivated me to get back in the saddle, we spent days cleaning the basement brewery, including the keezer (fully stripped down, new lines (beer and gas), dismantled and deep cleaned the Perlicks).
Fast forward to 5th brew into re-entering the hobby, and I've cleaned 3 (empty) kegs so far to fill with my first 3 brews. Have one more ready to keg, and one boiling as I type this. Back when I emptied my keezer to clean it, there were several kegs that still had considerable volume in them. Didn't know for sure what they were, and just assumed they were not worth saving.
As we're doing this 2 1/2 hour boil today, my cousin suggested that we pour some from each of the six kegs that still had beer in them. So we sprayed every post with star stan, wiped them with a paper towel, and proceed to pour a bit of each one, one at at time. I knew a few of them were homebrew club project collabs gone wrong, that I intended to pour out 3 years ago. But boy oh boy!! I had an Octoberfest that was still very nice and clean, and best of all was a tart cherry mead that I still have approx. 3 gallons of, that has only gotten better with age!
I was already prepared to empty all of them and start fresh, but I have two lovely kegs that are going back in my freshly reconditioned keezer.
Cheers all!
John M