Used liquor barrels

[BeerBrent]

i will totally paypal you funds today if you have a 10 gallon barrel.

 

[Tinga]

subscribed for when I'm ready.

 

[Steelers77]

I will post when I have them, I don't like taking payment when I don't have the barrels in hand.

 

[BeerBrent]

no worries i'll hit you up when you are ready. thanks!

 

[KFH]

Any possibility of getting used tequila barrels by chance?

 

[emjay]

Any possibility of getting used tequila barrels by chance?

Heh, already bought a rum one, but I'd probably be in for another if tequila barrels were offered...

 

[Steelers77]

Any possibility of getting used tequila barrels by chance?

He just started making tequila, so it will be a few months.

 

[Steelers77]

Hey I got a few barrels in, I sent PM to those of you who asked for barrels (I went in Order). If I don't hear back I will offer them to anyone else.
John

 

[chip82]

are they 5 or 10 gallon?

 

[dedhedjed]

any of them whiskey barrels?

 

[Steelers77]

I have a 10 and maybe a 5 available, both Rum.

 

[PintoBean]

What are the prices on the rum barrels?

 

[Steelers77]

The 10 is $150 and the 5 is $110. They all may be spoken for I'm waiting to heard back from a few guys.

 

[Steelers77]

I have one Rum barrel available 5 gallons $110. PM me.

 

[2BeerSpeer]

John...you have me wanting to try this! After this thing is neutral is there any benefit to putting an IPA in it? I know absolutely nothing about oak aged beer.....

 

[emjay]

John...you have me wanting to try this! After this thing is neutral is there any benefit to putting an IPA in it? I know absolutely nothing about oak aged beer.....

Aging an IPA in a neutral barrel seems pointless to me. But IMO, it's still better than an oaky IPA! (*bleccchhh*)

Neutral barrels are typically used for aging sours, and there is not one but (at least) two distinct benefits, including:

a) microoxygenation which allows small and (relatively) controlled amounts of acetic acid production (plastic buckets let way too much oxygen in, glass let's in nothing), and

b) maintains - and in some cases even SUPPORTS - the various bacterial and yeast cultures. Flanders Reds in particular (which are quite acetic and thus also benefit greatly from the first point) are traditionally inoculated simply by placing them in already-infected barrels (with appropriate bugs, of course), and can be used like this for batch after batch. In fact, as soon as I determined my own barrel was suitably neutral, I made it a dedicated Flanders Red barrel. I started it off with a commercial blend - Wyeast's Roselare, which contains Rodenbach strains - and since then have been (carefully) adding the dregs from various Flanders Reds I happen to buy, encouraging my barrel's "ecosystem" (and thus all subsequent batches) to evolve, and presumably increase in complexity.

 

[Steelers77]

Thanks Emjay,
How did your barrel aged beers come out?

 

[Steelers77]

Anyone, barrel, barrel?

 

[crazyirishman34]

Can you guys get neutral barrels? I have been wanting to try out some sour type beers.

 

[Steelers77]

No, not at this time. I may be able to get new barrels but they will be pretty expensive.

 

[eleets2144]

subscribe

 

[crazyirishman34]

no looking for played out barrels

 

[Steelers77]

Just got word that Iwill have 9 whiskey barrels along with the 1 rum barrel. $110 each + shipping

 

[emjay]

Can you guys get neutral barrels? I have been wanting to try out some sour type beers.

A few "rinses" of metabisulfite + citric acid solution should be able to strip any remaining oakiness.

 

[crazyirishman34]

That is a good tip.

 

[Steelers77]

A few "rinses" of metabisulfite + citric acid solution should be able to strip any remaining oakiness.

You gonna waste all the liquor love.

 

[emjay]

You gonna waste all the liquor love.

True. And while I'm not really into oaked beers or rum/whiskey beers, I still recommend brewing at least one batch of rum- or whiskey-barrel ale , as it's not an opportunity that comes along every day - not to mention there's perfectly good liquor in the barrel that'd be silly to waste! And my Coconut Rum-Barrel Tropical Stout turned out to be a damn fun recipe to design, and a damn tasty beer to drink!

But I also bought my barrel with the intention of using it for sours, so I can definitely understand the desire to just get it over with quickly. But I'd still urge everyone to take advantage of the uncommon opportunity they have.

 

[GreenDragon]

Did you still have the whiskey barrel?

 

[2BeerSpeer]

True. And while I'm not really into oaked beers or rum/whiskey beers, I still recommend brewing at least one batch of rum- or whiskey-barrel ale , as it's not an opportunity that comes along every day - not to mention there's perfectly good liquor in the barrel that'd be silly to waste! And my Coconut Rum-Barrel Tropical Stout turned out to be a damn fun recipe to design, and a damn tasty beer to drink!

But I also bought my barrel with the intention of using it for sours, so I can definitely understand the desire to just get it over with quickly. But I'd still urge everyone to take advantage of the uncommon opportunity they have.

Feel like sharing that recipe?

 

[emjay]

Feel like sharing that recipe?

I just moved, but once I get my computer and Internet set up, sure.