It's not a big conical, but it is dead sexy

I mean, there's 150 gallons of beer in this picture.



The active primaries you see are individual shares of Flanders Brown that are replacing the 60 gallons of Cherry Lambic in the wine barrel. Sniff... tear..

Damn sexy, indeed.

Bobby,
You're a drummer? I mean, I respected you before for your brewing prowess, but now I'm speechless.... In a good way! Rock on!

Holy sheeba thats my goal

Only 30 times more than me. That is damn sexy though. And one HUGE barrel!

Wow, I want to be like you when I grow up!

Dayum!

How long do you keep the brews in the barrel? I assume because it is so big (relative to the little 20L barrels Sacc is getting) that the contact time needs to be longer than it will for these mini-barrels. Do you just keep tasting until it's right?

Bobby:

Are you done brewing for the year? I mean, you're pushing your 200 gallon limit really hard. Lucky for you the meter gets reset on January 1.

I wish you were my neighbor... You getting tired of New Jersey?


§ 5052 DEFINITIONS

(a) Beer.--For purposes of this chapter (except when used with reference to distilling or distilling material) the term "beer" means beer, ale, porter, stout, and other similar fermented beverages (including sake or similar products) of any name or description containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefore.

§ 5053 EXEMPTIONS

(e) Beer for personal or family use.--Subject to regulation prescribed by the Secretary, any adult may, without payment of tax, produce beer for personal or family use and not for sale. The aggregate amount of beer exempt from tax under this subsection with respect to any household shall not exceed--

(1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in such household, or

(2) 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only 1 adult in such household.

For purposes of this subsection, the term "adult" means an individual who has attained 18 years of age, or the minimum age (if any) established by law applicable in the locality in which the household is situated at which beer may be sold to individuals, whichever is greater.

Wow!! love the pic!!!

(1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in such household


Ok.. I guess I'm going to have to count my household as "Me", "Myself" and "I".... Hence 200 Gal limit.....:cross::rockin:

WenValley said:

Bobby:

Are you done brewing for the year? I mean, you're pushing your 200 gallon limit really hard. Lucky for you the meter gets reset on January 1.

I wish you were my neighbor... You getting tired of New Jersey?

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FxdGrMind said:

Wow!! love the pic!!!

(1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in such household


Ok.. I guess I'm going to have to count my household as "Me", "Myself" and "I".... Hence 200 Gal limit.....:cross::rockin:

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I'm guessing you missed the fact that those carboys are all for individual shares of a larger brew club project?

what's in the cask?

Holy matrimony, batman!

motobrewer said:

what's in the cask?

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From the OP:

The active primaries you see are individual shares of Flanders Brown that are replacing the 60 gallons of Cherry Lambic in the wine barrel.

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saaaaaweet, very jealous!

As you can tell, SWMBO is very accommodating of my obsession taking up all her laundry space over here (not to mention making me a homebrew cake as seen in other posts). Correct in assuming the carboys are each a share in a larger club project. If I really fermented that much beer on my own, I'd have larger vessels. The barrel currently holds a Cherry Lambic that was brewed Jan 2009 and it's getting distributed to the shareholders this week. After a hot water flush, the carboys on the floor, full of Flanders Brown, will be racked back into the barrel to meet up with some nasty critters.

The barrel is a 60gal vessel that previously held Cabernet Sav. It's American oak, medium toast with toasted heads. The first sour beer was a Flanders red and it sat for 12 months. Some say it was too oaky/tanic. The lambic sat in it for 10 months and the oak character should be less due to repeat use. By the time the Brown sits for 6-8 months, the oak may be insignificant but it's the resident bacteria that we're most concerned with at this point.

Makes me rub my nipples.

GilaMinumBeer said:

Makes me rub my nipples.

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Great pic Bobby, I really enjoyed it... just not quite at much as GilaMinumBeer.

GilaMinumBeer said:

Makes me rub my nipples.

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Glad I'm not the only one

Grrrrr, dangit man, now I have to clean the coffee off of my monitor. AGAIN.

... And the drool on my keyboard.

GilaMinumBeer said:

Makes me rub my nipples.

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As long as that is all you're rubbing...

cford1 said:

As long as that is all you're rubbing...

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I'll never tell.