Beerontwowheels
Well-Known Member
Didn't see a thread for Feb yet. Let's get it started.
No actual brewing for me yet, but yesterday I kegged my barrel aged stout. Stout went into a '10 gallon' (more like 11g) barrel on 12/30 and came out yesterday, split between two kegs. I hit one keg with 4oz of Intelligentsia Black Cat Espresso beans that were 'angered'. Probably leaving the other keg as is. Straight out of the barrel the beer had a nice level of roastiness, notes of cocoa and oak, and a pretty solid thickness to it. Crossing fingers this tastes awesome when it goes on draft.
Refilled the barrel with an 11%+ barleywine (using axeman9182's NHC gold recipe) and reserved 2 extra gallons for topping off as I expect this will be in the barrel a bit longer than the stout was.
All in all, a productive weekend.
No actual brewing for me yet, but yesterday I kegged my barrel aged stout. Stout went into a '10 gallon' (more like 11g) barrel on 12/30 and came out yesterday, split between two kegs. I hit one keg with 4oz of Intelligentsia Black Cat Espresso beans that were 'angered'. Probably leaving the other keg as is. Straight out of the barrel the beer had a nice level of roastiness, notes of cocoa and oak, and a pretty solid thickness to it. Crossing fingers this tastes awesome when it goes on draft.
Refilled the barrel with an 11%+ barleywine (using axeman9182's NHC gold recipe) and reserved 2 extra gallons for topping off as I expect this will be in the barrel a bit longer than the stout was.
All in all, a productive weekend.