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[EvilTOJ]

oh I'm sure he totally poured that down the drain. And by drain I mean throat.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

OK kids...I just added 5.5 more gallons to this beast...and yes, it can still take more. How much, I really have no idea. 5 - 10 more gallons at the most maybe? Anyone interested in brewing up another batch? Need to leave a little room for the remaining cherries that will be dropped in late September/early October.

But DAMN...this thing is STANKY! HA...And the pelicule is totally formed. I'm getting thirsty.

 

[blacklab]

Cool, man. Glad to hear it's coming along.

 

[EvilTOJ]

Alright guys, I got this. I'll brew up 5 more gallons to add to the barrel. I totally want to sniff the bunghole to see what this pellicle is like.

 

[Brewtopia]

I'll be in Portland the end of July for OBF. I'd love to swing by and check out what you guys have been up to the last several months!

 

[EvilTOJ]

Alright, I have 5-ish gallons fermenting in my basement, it should hopefully be done this week. I racked onto my Septemberfest yeast cake, so this should be interesting.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

'Topia - You sir are always welcome to stop on by. I know we'll be around that weekend.
Evil - let me know when you'd like to bring over the next batch. I should be around most of the weekend.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Out of curiosity, with about 4 months till we pull out of the barrel what are folks planning to do with their portion of the batch packaging wise? Who's Bottling? Who's Kegging? If bottling, what kind of bottles?

I was thinking of kegging half and bottling the other half. But I'm starting to question a bit if I want to have a sour going through my lines and faucets. But 20 - 25 gallons is a damn lot of bottling! I'll probably store in kegs in the basement until I figure it all out.

PS: Evil...whenever you're ready to bring the next 5 gallons over let me know.

 

[blacklab]

Beer bong, for sure.

 

[explosivebeer]

Out of curiosity, with about 4 months till we pull out of the barrel what are folks planning to do with their portion of the batch packaging wise? Who's Bottling? Who's Kegging? If bottling, what kind of bottles?

I was thinking of kegging half and bottling the other half. But I'm starting to question a bit if I want to have a sour going through my lines and faucets. But 20 - 25 gallons is a damn lot of bottling! I'll probably store in kegs in the basement until I figure it all out.

PS: Evil...whenever you're ready to bring the next 5 gallons over let me know.

Yeah I'll probably bottle half and keg half. I'm going to try to have a dedicated sour line on my system and I'm not too concerned about cross contamination between different sour strains.

When are we getting together to empty the barrel anyway?

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Had to go way back to page 16 to find it, but the tentative date is October 24th. We can set in stone the closer we get.

 

[explosivebeer]

Cool. I'm excited to see how it turns out. I went to the NHC this past weekend and one of my favorite beers from the event used the Roeselare yeast. I'll be very stoked if we get anywhere close.

 

[thataintchicken]

Cool. I'm excited to see how it turns out. I went to the NHC this past weekend and one of my favorite beers from the event used the Roeselare yeast. I'll be very stoked if we get anywhere close.

which one was that? I tried so many I forgot :cross:

 

[explosivebeer]

which one was that? I tried so many I forgot :cross:

It was the BN urinal beer. I believe Chad made it. There was a lot of cherry character from the yeast even though there were no cherries added to it.

 

[explosivebeer]

Hey Guys,

I'm helping organize this new homebrew festival that's a little over a month away. I'd love to see some of you out there.

Here's the post I put up for it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f20/calling-all-northwest-brewers-homebrew-festival-august-29th-1000-competition-128957/

And here's a link directly to the festival website: Lakewood Rotary Homebrew Festival

Brian if you can make it maybe you'll have to pull a sample from the barrel and bring it up so we can get a little taste of what's to come.

Anyway, I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Wish I could say I'd be there Brandon, but I won't. UFC 102 is in Portland and SWMBO and I will be attending that.

 

[explosivebeer]

No worries Brian. Have fun at the fight. See you in October or so to break out the barrel.

 

[blacklab]

Sweet. Excited to check out the barrel in Oct.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Since we've had a little activity in the thread the last few days I just had to pull a quick sample. Yes, I HAD to! We're sitting at about 1.008 right now. Everything appears to be blending together. Nothing totally over powering. A little hint of Oak as it finishes off. Totally sour and tart. I'm hoping the addition of the remaining cherries about a month before we pull this guy out will add back some of the fruitiness to it.

3 more months gents!!!!

 

[EvilTOJ]

OH SHI I completely forgot about that last batch I made in the basement. Wow, that's been like two months now!

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

OOPS...I say we still add it. Let me know.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Time to bring this puppy back to life. Are we all still OK with an Oct. 24th drain date?

 

[McKBrew]

I should be.

I stopped down this past Saturday and Brian let me have a sample. Actually pretty good even though the stuff on top looked nasty and smelled like dead balls.

Not very sour, but oaky with hints of cherry. I think this will be good especially after it's carbonated.

 

[EvilTOJ]

mmmmm Drooolll.... I'm up for oct 24 drain date as well.

 

[explosivebeer]

Hey Guys,

I'm hoping to find a way to make that date work. I've got to be in Seattle that afternoon/evening though so if I come down it might just have to be for the early portion of the day.

-Brandon

 

[explosivebeer]

Alright I've given up on getting back to Seattle Saturday night so I'm in for the 24th. Just let me know what to bring and when to be there. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[explosivebeer]

So what's the plan for the 24th? I'm going to be hanging out with a handful of friends down there and wanted to figure out if we're just going to pull the beer out or hang out for a few hours and crack open some special beers and have some food and whatnot. I'm down for whatever but wanted to get a better idea what's going on so I could coordinate my other plans.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Let's call it 10am start time for pulling the beer out of the barrel...Does that work for folks? What's up after, I have no idea...Not sure if I'll have a car that morning or not. I'll know better as we get closer to next Saturday, unless we make plans to do something now.


PS:
If anyone has a portable 5# CO2 tank or similar they want to bring to aid in purging Kegs that would be great. My 10# isn't very mobile and it may just be easier to have the 5# in the basement with us instead of running up and down the stairs.

 

[EvilTOJ]

10 AM works fine for me. I have a 5# but I need to buy gas for it. I was going to purge some kegs before I left.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

... I was going to purge some kegs before I left.

Or ya'll can do that...