Three’s company.

Well, I did it. I added a third tap to the kegerator. It didn’t cost much, and boy am I loving it. Having a commercial beer and a homebrew on tap was great, but more choice (I can do any combination of commercial or homebrew between the taps) is even better. Right now I’ve got two commercial beers (Reissdorf Koelsch and Schlafly Oatmeal Stout) and one homebrew (a low gravity session ale of very mixed breeding, but good aroma and taste) on, and that gives me enough of a selection that I’m not tempted to cheat and buy bottles to supplement my options. That fact that my checkbook is still stinging from buying two kegs in one trip may have something to do with that, I’m sure . . . .

So, why now?  Well, word on the street is that the excellent Ventmatic faucets are disappearing from the marketplace again, as a result of some litigation over the relevant patents.  I love these faucets and wanted to grab a third one that matched my other two before they were gone.  Once that financial hurdle is overcome, it’s really not much of a question whether one should spend the additional $20 to get the bits needed to make that shiny new third faucet active or whether you should just stash it away on a shelf until “later.”  So, I spent about 5 minutes with a hole saw and a wrench, and voila!  Three draft options where there were once only two.  I also took a suggestion I read about online for an inexpensive drip tray, and promptly converted a $12 stainless steel 12″ mud pan from Home Depot to a much higher purpose.  I’ll post a picture of the completed kegerator soon.