Presto! A kegerator!, originally uploaded by rachemicah.

At long last we have converted my old dorm fridge into a beer kegerator! Last week we purchased a conversion kit from BeverageFactory.com, Micah did the conversion with minimal help from me, and presto, a kegerator! Micah and Matt took the keg and had it filled with Ninkasi Brewery Sleigher (clever name for a winter beer, methinks!)

It is surprisingly satisfying to be able to pull your own pints in your own home. The most exciting part about having a kegerator is that we can now get back into homebrewing without having to bottle the beer at the end; a process that is a giant royal pain in the tuckus. Racking homebrew from a carboy to a cornie keg is much easier.

Also our leftover grapes mash (skins, seeds, and stems) somehow magically converted into grappa this weekend! I’m not sure how that process happened or where, but it makes a beautiful tasty product!

And with that, wine season is over for us until next year when we get to taste what we made this year. If it turns out half as good as the grappa did, we will be very pleased.