barrel aged project

[Hop Bomb]

No worries on that front at all as it was well washed. The lambic is a long term project for us & it'll probably be two or more years before we get a good blend from it. By then anyone who isnt in to sours probably will be & we wont be going "we should have done this last year" or whatever.

Where would one go to get another fresh barrel? Is there a distillery in Killbeggan still? We'd like to keep the barrel aged RIS brew going. 

[eanna]

The stout that came out of the barrel was so good that we all wanted to do it again. Well worth the time we put in!

[St. Fursey]

Perhaps worthy of a discussion in its own right, but our resident lambic experts advised against a lambic on the basis that the stout that house soaked into the barrel would be overpowering, and that perhaps an oud bruin (or flanders red) would be a wise intermediate step to wallpaper over the stout.

Thoughts?

RDWHAHB!
I think that the volume of fresh lambic will dilute whatever stout has soaked into the barrel. Sure there's nothing like a bit of experimentation to find out for sure.
Our barrel washing technique was nothing short of awesome, watch this space for photos...

+1 on doing the RIS again, I'd love to make it an annual event

What size are the wine barrels TubeMan?

[Hop Bomb]

Im guessing the 9 barrels arent all for you Tube?

[St. Fursey]

225L. You're still in?

Definitely

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