i casked the northern english brown ale. i dry hopped it with 2 oz. of 7.8% 2008 cascade hops. i am hoping the spout i fashioned out of a whittled dowel and a spare spout from a cooler will hold under the pressure of the corn sugar primed beer. right now it is in the shower just in case it blows.

ahhh, tube clamps...a homebrewers best friend!

at first i thought i was going to try and condition the cask of primed beer at 50-55 degrees. after this debacle, i decided against it:

the messes that are made quickly and without apparent thought are amazing: