Barrel Prep: Riesling Wine for Lambic Blends

Filling the barrel with Reisling wine at night

I finally got around to preparing and filling my second 20L wooden barrel.  This particular barrel is getting 20L worth of Riesling added.  This is going to sit in the barrel and hopefully saturate the staves and provide a nice fruity/vinous flavor to the Lambic-ish sours that I am making.

The wine is not a super complex one.  Its pretty smooth with some apple fruit flavors.  A bit drier than we expected but nothing a little sugar cant fix.

It has been 7 months since I brewed the Lambic-ish. 

Another 5 months and it should be ready for tasting and potentially move into its new home - this barrel.

Here's hoping all goes well.