haha sorry to never post back... My cider turned out great. I was trying to clone the Saint not the Lansdowne...
I did not have to smooth it. I simply fermented with the Wyeast Belgian trappist yeast and let it go. It was not dry at all, it turned out naturally sweet but really good. It...
I am going to brew a Saison and add a little bret to funk it up a bit.
I recently had a saison that had been aged in white wine barrels. I have access to white wine lees from a local winery. They were careful not to oxidize after racking as best they could. Thinking about fermenting the...
got it. thanks a ton. The distiller just got back to me and the barrels have only been empty two weeks so that should be good. I'll post back once I get a brew going.
ok so swell first, then put 180' water in, then bourbon.
Also the bourbon used in these barrels is pretty expensive, but they also sell a white dog. I guess that would suck some char and flavor out not add to it.
thanks for the notes.
Ok so I am going to go buy a whiskey barrel from a local distillery.
Been reading up on how to handle it from purchase to aging a homebrew, and here is what I think I have read:
When I buy it (if I can't put beer in immediatly) buy a bottle of Jack or something else and dump it in. Turn...
I just racked mine into a keg. its 3 weeks in the fermenter primary/secondary with 8oz cherry concentrate, 3 lindt chocolate bars and a vanilla bean. Its tasting good but I am not sure the additional gravity added by the cherry concentrate. any ideas?
I brewed this 2 weeks ago. I skipped the cocoa powder and mashed with 3 Lindt 76% chocolate bars. I am only cherry 4oz at a time to find the right taste. I don't like to pull samples ever few days, but i want to t only be a hint of cherry. I also added 1 vanilla bean. I think the vanilla...
Can anyone who has brewed this comment on the overall cherry flavor? I just want it as a hint. I brewed this a week and a half ago, and am getting ready to rack to secondary and add the cherry but I don't want to blow it out with to much cherry. 72oz seems like a lot of cherry...
Dago, Hopyard, how did your turn out. I think I am going to brew this but wanted to hear more feedback on the recipe and levels of cherry flavor. I want some but not overkill
I have a converted keg for my boil pot, with a bent pipe pulling wort off the side of the bottom. I want to whirlpool and tried with a spoon and elbow grease. Felt like it didn't really help and that all the hops didn't settle in tye middle. Thinking about buying a mortar paddle to attach to...