CBXBob said:They claim that they just got it in April, when they paid a visit to RR. They did a 4 part interview with the owner. Interviewer was lousy, but the owner came across as super nice, informative, and regular guy. Check it out on youtube.
+1
Just watched them...
The interviewer was playing pocket pool the whole time...lol
The sour part was really informative..
Thinking about gettin this kit for my bday present to myself...X3 tho...
I've got extra carboys just hanging around....
Igotsand
Hey All,
Just wanted to share with everyone on HBT that MoreBeer! is now offering a Russian River Consecration ingredient kit that was provided to us from Vinnie. It's currently out of stock, but we'll be getting more available shortly!
Anybody that has had Consecration before can tell you that it's one awesome sour beer - so try to get one of these kits while they last...
Extract Consecration
All-Grain Consecration
Cheers!
Hey passedpawn -
Thanks for the response! I'm not sure where this information was provided, but on the Russian River Brewing Co. website, he'll state that they use black currants. To checkout their description of the beer, click on the link below.
http://russianriverbrewing.com/brews/consecration/
If you have access to Russian River sours, you can use the dregs from the bottles to add to secondary to get similar results. You don't really need the chunk of barrel. Fermenting the batch with Wyeast Roselare blend will get you close too - I think passedpawn used it recently and had good luck.
The hard part is finding dried black currants - there's 1 website that carries them but they are a bit pricey to buy (FYI - Zante currants that you find in the supermarket are not black currants, they are raisins).
I started a Consecration clone a few weeks ago starting with a slightly scaled down version of Jamil's Dark Strong ale, fermented with ECY Trappist ale yeast and added RR dregs along with some Roselare bug cake from a Flanders red brew and some wine soaked oak cubes. So far so good, but it'll take a while for the Brett and bugs to chew through everything.
coff said:will you update this thread when its back in stock? I am interested.
Hey passedpawn -
Thanks for the response! I'm not sure where this information was provided, but on the Russian River Brewing Co. website, he'll state that they use black currants. To checkout their description of the beer, click on the link below.
http://russianriverbrewing.com/brews/consecration/
digitalhifi said:I really want to make this kit, but it seems to be sold out. I guess I missed the train. Does anybody feel kind enough to share the grain bill with me, so I can try on my own?
I should have the kit early next week, ill post the grain bill and schedule on here
OK, i just found out from passedpawn that he emailed Vinnie about the currants and that Vinnie responded that they use Zante currants, and not the real black currants. Since the website says black currants and his interviews say black currants, passedpawn emailed Vinnie one more time to completely clarify what he uses. They are very different fruits, so if I hear back from passedpawn I'll update it here.
EDIT: Those interested in buying a kit might want to suscribe to this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f127/consecration-clone-333723/
_
leolee86 said:They have some extract versions available, but 50 bucks just to take the barrel chunks is a little pricey
Just ordered this kit last night. I've heard great things about the "real" version and it's impossible to get in Pennsylvania, so brewing my own is the next best thing! Looking forward to it!
Enter your email address to join: