It seems like work has been nothing but kegs lately. Cleaning kegs. Filling kegs. Lifting kegs. Stacking kegs. Splitting larger kegs into smaller kegs. And then cleaning more kegs
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'Bbl' is the abbreviation for "barrel", which is a unit of measurment equal to 31 U.S. gallons.
And as far as keg cleaning goes: kegs are nasty. Way nasty. By the time the keg makes its way back to the brewery after having been emptied by the consumer, it has probably been stored outside or in some not very clean basement and is covered with debris and the kind of gunk you can only find on barroom floors. And if there's still beer inside it, the beer is old and nasty as well. Cleaning kegs is about as appetizing as cleaning the toilets in gas station rest rooms.
But I've learned this much: if I ever, ever get a keg for a party, I'm cleaning that sucker before I return it for the deposit. It's a karma thing.
If I were 20 years younger, I would probably embrace it as a chance to be buff. But I'm older, and wiser, and I know that I'm always going to look like the 'before' picture in the Charles Atlas ad no matter how many kegs I lift. So now I just do it and get it done with.
Interesting. I am not familiar with the sixes at all, we usually get pony kegs. I guess if you are going to have a party where you even need a keg, you might as well get a pony, or two pony kegs each with a different beer. My friends usually fill one with Anchor Steam and one with Sierra Nevada Pale or Full Sail. I'm not a fan of Sierra Nevada, so I usually opt for the Anchor.
Trivia: I showed Green Day how to tap a keg at a warehouse party in Oakland back in the early 90's.
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Also, what does bbl stand for? It makes me think of bubble, which makes me giggle. I'm pretty sure bbl isn't bubble though. *L*
Your job sounds about as glamorous as mine, except I get to have green tea on my breaks. *L*
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And as far as keg cleaning goes: kegs are nasty. Way nasty. By the time the keg makes its way back to the brewery after having been emptied by the consumer, it has probably been stored outside or in some not very clean basement and is covered with debris and the kind of gunk you can only find on barroom floors. And if there's still beer inside it, the beer is old and nasty as well. Cleaning kegs is about as appetizing as cleaning the toilets in gas station rest rooms.
But I've learned this much: if I ever, ever get a keg for a party, I'm cleaning that sucker before I return it for the deposit. It's a karma thing.
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Ew. Gross.
Forget my last suggestion. *gags*
*shudders*
You poor thing!
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Trivia: I showed Green Day how to tap a keg at a warehouse party in Oakland back in the early 90's.
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You rock, Q.
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