It has been a hectic month and it does not look like it is going to slow down. I hope to be brewing by mid to late December once the dust settles at our new place. In the meantime there will be some activity.
- I will be bottling the Red Sour Ale that is aging in my oak barrel that is currently at my parents house. This was only supposed to be in the barrel for 3 months as this was supposed to be a "quick" sour. I soured the wort and then added Roeselare Yeast to the barrel to infect/innoculate my new barrel. With the purchase of a home getting in the way it is now 4 months in the barrel. More funk maybe? This will hopefully happen next weekend so I can crack a bottle for the Vorp family gathering for Christmas.
- Once the barrel is emptied at my parents place it will get transported back to my new place and the Sour Red that has been aging for 13 months will go in the oak for a month or two. We will taste and see how it goes before determining a time frame.
- The Angry Dwarf is in bottles aging away. These wont be cracked until right before Xmas.
- The first beer to be brewed will be my Pitchfork Black Stout. I will brew this once I get time and the sanity for a brew day. This will go into primary in the standard bucket and then we will age this one in my other oak barrel for 2-3 months. By the time this is done aging the Tart of Darkness clone - a soured stout - will be ready to take up residency in the barrel.
Update next week on the Sour Red Ale as it goes into the bottle. Cheers.
