The barrel project

Post by **chalmers** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:06 pm

Road trip?

BBrianBoogie · Post by **BBrianBoogie** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:50 pm

Sweet!

NASH · Post by **NASH** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:41 pm

Keggermeister wrote:I say we pass on the old as ass barrels.

Definitely pass on them for beer but those barrels make wicked smoking wood. I want one but have no way to chunk it up into small pieces. Maybe if a few of us go in on a couple if there's someone that can cut them up we could work something out? They have to be cut with a skill saw, band saw or table saw

ratchet · Post by **ratchet** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:50 pm

I can certainly cut them up for you guys.

If you decide to go that route, be sure to fire me an e-mail (it's the only way to be sure I get the message).

Keggermeister · Post by **Keggermeister** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:18 pm

NASH wrote:
Keggermeister wrote:I say we pass on the old as ass barrels.
Definitely pass on them for beer but those barrels make wicked smoking wood. I want one but have no way to chunk it up into small pieces. Maybe if a few of us go in on a couple if there's someone that can cut them up we could work something out? They have to be cut with a skill saw, band saw or table saw

I have the tools available if you wanted to get one.

Post by **mr x** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:14 pm

Very good news. I'll go splits on a barrel for smoking as well. I have a Milwaukee 18V cordless recip saw if needed.

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:40 pm

Skill or table saw I can loan you.

Sandy

Post by **mr x** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:33 pm

Wine barrel Saison. Wheels are turning now....
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JohnnyMac · Post by **JohnnyMac** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:10 am

Update - Spoke to Bob at Glenora yesterday, he's still unsure on what they have for wet barrels available. He's heading to the distillery over the weekend and will let me know on Monday what they have.

Incidently, after I had talked to Bob earlier in the week, one of the local micro-breweries had called the distillery and wanted to buy any/all the wet barrels they have now and upcoming. Although I have a pretty good guess on who that is, Bob has commited to giving us first crack at whats available.

Maybe we should have started this thread by invitation........

Post by **mr x** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:23 pm

JohnnyMac wrote:...one of the local micro-breweries...

Corking and caging the Molotov cocktails now...

JohnnyMac · Post by **JohnnyMac** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:15 am

Ok Homebrew Brothers,

Update - Spoke to Bob yesterday and they don't have any 'wet' barrels on hand for us or for anybody else at this time. They do have old ones, emptied some time ago and stored outside since, but not recommended for our purposes.

The next filling run is in April, so he has us down for a few at that time. He did give me te contact info for their source in Kentucky if we wanted to buy direct. Not sure on the cost and would imagine that the freight would be killer.

Let me know what you think. Maybe time to think saison aged in wine barrel?

Post by **mr x** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:44 am

I'll do that. I'll have to confirm that those are still available.

JohnnyMac · Post by **JohnnyMac** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:44 pm

**UPDATE**

Ok Fellas, after a bit of fooling around, success with the folks at Glenora as they are now holding a freshly decommissioned barrel for us;

Emptied 30 days ago, 180 litres, same measurements as earlier in this post, $100 plus tax.

I'm in Cape Breton for a couple of days for work and am planning on picking it up on my way back home. I'm still assuming that interest on filling this bad boy won't be an issue based on the past activity here but I'll feel better once I have it on the truck......

BBrianBoogie · Post by **BBrianBoogie** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:57 pm

Most definitely still interested. I'd love to do something funky and can definitely provide a bunch of bugs for it, but I'm good with whatever style people want to do.

Tim Gregory · Post by **Tim Gregory** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:59 pm

I'm in!

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:13 pm

i'm definitely interested. I can only do 5 gallons unless I brew twice

Keggermeister · Post by **Keggermeister** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:15 pm

Let's do it!

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:27 pm

Chalmers, JT and I can knock out 120 liters in a session if that helps anything, but we want in for sure

Great Job Johnny

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:38 pm

Sounds awesome! Gavin & I would definitely contribute some wort!

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:46 pm

I'm in. 5gal would do me I can make 10 but I would need to store it (anyone want 5gal?).

Sandy

hogie · Post by **hogie** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:51 pm

I'd love to find a way to take part!

know1 · Post by **know1** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:41 pm

I'll certainly participate if there is open availability.

Post by **GillettBreweryCnslt** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:00 am

I'm in for 5 gal!

Graham.C · Post by **Graham.C** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:20 pm

GAM wrote:I'm in. 5gal would do me I can make 10 but I would need to store it (anyone want 5gal?).

Sandy

I would be interested in the 5gal. I was just trying to figure out how to ship my wort down for this. I can probably come out and help you brew and bring grain/hops, depending on when it is.

Post by **mr x** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:22 pm

I think we'll probably go through this list from the start and see how many peeps we need. Also, if you want in, make sure you can do a high gravity brew, 25-27 Plato.....

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