Barrel Yum Yum

Oh what's that? 5 Gallons of Russian Imperial Stout getting dumped from a used blue corn whiskey barrel? Yup. It is. Round 3 of this recipe, competition bound... 

(Sorry - no useful information here today. Just a little bit of beer porn.)

Templeton Rye English Barleywine Group Brew

So, I've got some more Instagrammy beer porn for you here. Gary (aka Panic Brewing) from my homebrew club Square Kegs mentioned a few meetings back that he had a couple of Templeton Rye barrels just sitting in his basement. And being a good homebrewer / soon to be pro brewer, he decided that he'd organize a group brew of English Barleywine. Jeremy and I immediately jumped on the chance and brewed up ten gallons even though we had to struggle to figure out fermentation space.

More on the end product in six months or so. I am a little jealous Gary is the one sampling it to gauge how it's aging out...

Happy Barrel Day!

Yep. Jeremy and I got our hands on one of these bad boys. We'll be making a Russian Imperial Stout quite a bit earlier than originally planned this year. I am really, really excited.

Oh and coincidentally, a pound each of Simcoe and Citra showed up at the same time today.

Seriously happy day today.