As hinted at in another thread or two, we are putting together a group brew and it'll be over Father's Day Weekend.
As of right now, we have a 60 gallon wine barrel lined up and PaulTheNurse and I are working on a recipe for what we are currently thinking will be a reasonable faximile of Russian River's Consecration. Consecration is a good sized dark ale (ABV of about 10.5%) with some bugs and then aged in a wine barrel for six months with currants.
In terms of that weekend... long story short... my wife is taking our two sons away for the weekend for an annual family event her family does... and my father's day gift is being able to sit home solo and brew non-stop all weekend. I think there will be a few South Shore Brew Club guys there. We're thinking about tossing a large amount of meat over fire, cigars, beer, a ton of brewing and then a poker game is even taking shape already for that evening.
So as of right now, PTN and I are looking for brewers to help us fill the barrel. The barrel will be about $120 we think and we don't know what the ingredients are going to be since we are still working on the recipe. We haven't decided how we are going to split up the costs but if anyone is interested, let us know and we'll figure out all of the details as a group (including the final recipe).
As of right now, we have a 60 gallon wine barrel lined up and PaulTheNurse and I are working on a recipe for what we are currently thinking will be a reasonable faximile of Russian River's Consecration. Consecration is a good sized dark ale (ABV of about 10.5%) with some bugs and then aged in a wine barrel for six months with currants.
In terms of that weekend... long story short... my wife is taking our two sons away for the weekend for an annual family event her family does... and my father's day gift is being able to sit home solo and brew non-stop all weekend. I think there will be a few South Shore Brew Club guys there. We're thinking about tossing a large amount of meat over fire, cigars, beer, a ton of brewing and then a poker game is even taking shape already for that evening.
So as of right now, PTN and I are looking for brewers to help us fill the barrel. The barrel will be about $120 we think and we don't know what the ingredients are going to be since we are still working on the recipe. We haven't decided how we are going to split up the costs but if anyone is interested, let us know and we'll figure out all of the details as a group (including the final recipe).