BUZZ
Member Profiles
Pat
Lauletta and Megan Kerrigan
1. Where do you live?
Pat - Parkesburg, PA
Megan - West Chester, PA
2. What is your "brewery"
name?
N/A
3. Year you started brewing
Spring 2004 started with wine kits
Fall 2004 started with beer!
4. Are you BJCP certified?
No
5. Favorite, most knowledgeable
styles
I love the toasted tastes in some porters. My favorite brewery would
have to be Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY and my favorite beer from
them is Hennepin which is a Saison
Megan doesn't drink beer, EXCEPT for lambics, go figure,
she likes wines and other potables, and she loves all the mead that Dave
makes! Thanks Dave!
6. Most Interesting Batch Made
I guess the most interesting would have to be a batch of cranberry
concentrate wine I made which only "needs" a month before
bottling. I let it sit for 3 months because it was still fermenting and
then bottled it. It continued to ferment in the bottle and now I have,
from the bottles that didn't pop, cranberry concentrate sparkling wine!
very interesting....
7. Greatest Brewing Moment
No awards yet. You can't win if you don't play however. Just haven't
gotten that itch yet. I like to drink my beer, that's good enough for me.
My greatest moment is when I woke up after my first wine creating and saw
the air lock going crazy! It was the coolest thing!
8. Worst Brewing Moment
I don't have to go back too far for this one. The other day, Jan. 17,
2004, we had an in-service day at school (I teach at Octorara High School
out near Gap) and we were having a pot luck lunch where everyone brings
something. I took a case of root beer that I made, beer was out of the
question, and I'm glad it was. I was carrying the case down the hallway
being very careful not to mix up the sediment too much when the bottom of
the box gave out and the entire case fell at my feet and, well you can
imagine the rest. I walked up to the office so we could page the janitor
and almost 50 feet down the hall I noticed a quarter of a bottle that
shattered shot that far! No one was hurt thankfully, but I lost a case of
root beer, and more importantly I have to replace a case of bottles...
9. Words to live by
"The choices we make dictate the life we
lead." - A movie, can't remember the name, know the actors face, but
don't know his name either.
10. Something "non-brewing"