smashed4
Well-Known Member
Just thought I'd share some barrel porn.
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I acquired a used barrel from a local winery 2 months ago. It was used for red wine and still in good condition. Interior smelled of sweet port wine.
I started brewing base lambic beers on my 10 gallons system every week-end or so.. some I fermented with bugs, some with clean yeast.
I had all my carboys and almost all my kegs tied in this project.. Yesterday was finally the fill day and it was quite an epic racking session..
On the pictures you can see the barrel full of water, that I am emptying by pushing CO2.. this had the effect of fully purging the barrel from air... I then racked everything and put an airlock. Its bubbling now and I hope a pellicle will form.
I tasted all the batches as I was filling the barrel. Two carboys of young lambics were pretty estery (bubblegum). It was beyond acceptable level.. I mixed them in the barrel anyway, but I hope it was not a huge mistake... I've read brett can process esters, so we'll see what happen...
Photo album
I acquired a used barrel from a local winery 2 months ago. It was used for red wine and still in good condition. Interior smelled of sweet port wine.
I started brewing base lambic beers on my 10 gallons system every week-end or so.. some I fermented with bugs, some with clean yeast.
I had all my carboys and almost all my kegs tied in this project.. Yesterday was finally the fill day and it was quite an epic racking session..
On the pictures you can see the barrel full of water, that I am emptying by pushing CO2.. this had the effect of fully purging the barrel from air... I then racked everything and put an airlock. Its bubbling now and I hope a pellicle will form.
I tasted all the batches as I was filling the barrel. Two carboys of young lambics were pretty estery (bubblegum). It was beyond acceptable level.. I mixed them in the barrel anyway, but I hope it was not a huge mistake... I've read brett can process esters, so we'll see what happen...