My friend let me borrow his Charred Oak Barrel while he is attending master brewing school in Berlin. I seasoned it with 1 litre of Woodford Reserve. I swished it around three times a day for a month while my FBS Clone Fermented (very nice by the way OG1.094-FG1.022). I emptied the Barrel this...
I've brewed a Sam Adams Summer Ale Clone and I had trouble with the boil(did not feel it was vigorous enough and the fermentation smelled like crap. I used the kit from AHS and the Yeast was the California Ale yeast. It has been primary for three weeks and I just transferred it to the...