December at the brewery

December is a surprisingly slow time in the brewery. The restaurant does its best business this time of year, but I guess the shoppers don't drink much beer.

Last week:

• Cleaned the lines, did the monthly taxes.


• Made 14 barrels of root beer


• Ordered some draft parts.


• Filled a few kegs.

This week:

• Monday: PT this morning, transfer 7 barrels of root beer this afternoon


• Tuesday: Clean the lines, dump the old batch of Pale Ale, keg off the Novemberfest and Gold, clean the bright beer tanks


• Wednesday: Filter the new batches of Gold and Pale, and transfer the Hefeweizen


• Thursday: Pick up Paris in Omaha


• Friday: PT in the morning, clean and fill kegs, clean the fermenters

That's the plan, anyway.