Barrel'O'Rebel

[johnrm]

Just spotted the  barrel projects.
Any interest in this down south?
35 gallons, 7 batches?
Does anyone have the knowledge or the space?

[mr hoppy]

Hell yeah, that would be fantastic. Anyone else interested?

Jeff Sparrow's Wild Brews has a lot of information on barrels by the way.

[Dara]

Sounds interesting.  Would be up for this but no room for storage in my place at the moment. Any thoughts on what to brew?

I sense a new category for next years homebrew comp. 

[Taf]

I'd probably be up for this alright. If we did a double batch on my system we could probably fill it in a day, as long as there were a few heads around to give a hand, and we could have a bbq or something while we were at it. With a bit of re-organisation we could probably keep the barrell in my brewhouse/garage until the beer was ready to be packaged.

[Taf]

Surely you lads could secure barrels more locally? Wouldn't the FW be able to help out there?

I would prefer a jameson barrel but the fresh ones are quite expensive, I think they are more than €100. Its still an option though, but probably missed the boat as the well got some recently. I did ask the jameson fella at the cask night, but don't think he was interested without a big name.

[wallacebiy]

Surely you lads could secure barrels more locally? Wouldn't the FW be able to help out there?

I would prefer a jameson barrel but the fresh ones are quite expensive, I think they are more than €100. Its still an option though, but probably missed the boat as the well got some recently. I did ask the jameson fella at the cask night, but don't think he was interested without a big name.

Taf
Pete was talking to them , and reckons we can pick up a few through the Club . I think the price is less than €100 though .

[Taf]

Surely you lads could secure barrels more locally? Wouldn't the FW be able to help out there?

I would prefer a jameson barrel but the fresh ones are quite expensive, I think they are more than €100. Its still an option though, but probably missed the boat as the well got some recently. I did ask the jameson fella at the cask night, but don't think he was interested without a big name.

Taf
Pete was talking to them , and reckons we can pick up a few through the Club . I think the price is less than €100 though .

I'd definitely prefer a Jameson one over a bushmills one, especially if the price is okay, so will mention that to Pete next time I am talking to him.

[diarmaid_h]

Sorry for the ignorance guys but what is the intention here? A big brew day and store the beer in a barrel?

[Taf]

Sorry for the ignorance guys but what is the intention here? A big brew day and store the beer in a barrel?

Not an expert on it, but I'd say big brew day, ferment, and then age in the barrel before bottling/kegging.

[Blackbrew]

Yep sounds great no more faking it with oak chips! I took the liberty of putting us down for this as the price is a steal.

Now should we start with a stout or something more unusual? Oak Aged black IPA?

[Taf]

Something different would be nice. Like the sound of an oaked black ipa.

[mr hoppy]

Sounds good!

[johnrm]

I reckon  even if the Jameson barrel cost more it would balance out on transport and logistics.

[mr hoppy]

TBH I'd love to have one for meself but I'd have to ask the missus

I guess I could say it's for brewing lambics

[johnrm]

We need a list of interested parties.

1. johnrm
2. Mr happy
3. TAF
4. Blackbrew
5. Dara

any word on Jameson Barrels?