Kegged the Kream Ale

So after about 3 months I finally got around to doing something with my remaining beers I have been lagering. I brewed Kitchen Sink Kream Ale on 11/28/09 and left it to take care of itself. I sporadically check in on it to take gravity readings which have been consistent since early January. That sample had major hints of DMS making me think I used to much Maize in the brew. Thinking that time would fix this issue I forgot about in the basement for over a month.

Today I decided that enough time had gone by not to mention I wanted to free up a carboy. I recently bought my first keg and had attempted to keg a half batch of my Marzen. This did not turn out the way I hoped. The seal leaked and after numerous efforts to stop the bleeding I gave up. I ran out to the homebrew shop and picked up some supplies and gave it another go. Under the advise to put a lube on the seal I went with some glycerin and that seemed to do the trick.

I racked the 5 gal. batch of Kitchen Kream into the keg and sealed it up. My F.G. ended up being 1.006. I did not expect this brew to be a big beer as much as it is an experiment. Still trying to work on my lagering skills and getting use to this whole kegging system (which is not that hard). The beer smelled fruity, had some hop notes, and still contained some DMS. After a couple sips it tasted and smelled similar to a plastic toy or packing. We'll see how it turns out after 2 weeks of conditioning and getting the keg operating smooth.