#01 - 10 gallon Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey barrel from Old Sugar Distillery. Top 3/4 of barrel has been waxed. Inoculated with Brett Barrel III and Roeselare on 12/6/2015 but has had additional cultures added along the way.
- 12/6/2015 - Current - Wild Jennie; American Wild sour brown. I've been pulling for standalone releases, plus blending with other sours. The recipe for this beer has changed a bit over time to add complexity.
- 10/2/2015 - 12/6/2015 - Queen Jennie's Revenge; this beer scored really well at 2016 NHC (42 and 44 if I remember correctly) but sadly didn't move on to the second round. I blame the grouping as it was thrown in with all the other "specialty" beers in an saturated category. It ended up taking a silver medal at 2017 Beehive Brew-off for Smoked and Wood Beer.
- 7/19/2020 -Current - "Nightmare" sour brown solera; inoculated with Bootleg Biology Spring 2020 Solera.
- 5/13/2020 - 7/19/2020 - Barrel sat dry for an extended period. I started rehabbing this barrel on 5/13/2020. Rehab details here.
- 7/1/2019 - 5/13/2020 - Empty; this will need some rehabilitation before refilling.
- 1/1/2019 - 7/1/2019 - MadadaM Rye Barrel Adambier; this beer scored well at 2019 Beehive but didn't place. I entered it in another smaller local comp where it took Silver for Smoke and Wood Beer, that time entered as a barrel-aged Barleywine as more judges are familiar with this style compared to Adambier.
- 3/14/2020 - Current - Golden Sour Solera: Inoculated with Bootleg Biology MTF Funk Island.
- First pull happened on 3/31/2021. ~10 gallons went on 21# of frozen raspberries. This beer took Silver for European Sours at the 2022 Beehive Brew-off. This beer also took Gold and 2nd place Best of Show at the 2022 Homebrewtah Competition.
- Second pull happened on 7/26/2022. 10 gallons went on 5.35# of frozen sour cherries from my tree, 7.17# of frozen sweet cherries from my buddy Brandon's tree, and 5# of dried Montmorency cherries (~17.5# fresh equivalent). This beer took Gold for European Sours and 3rd place Best of Show at the 2022 Beehive Brew-off.
- 1/12/2020 - Current - Wild Red/Flanders Red Solera; I'm hoping this turns into an amazing Solera. Inoculated with Bootleg Biology Fall 2018 Solera Blend and Summer 2019 Solera Blend.
- 7/31/2022 - Current - I rinsed out the barrel and also hit it with steam before filling it with a holding solution consisting of potassium metabisulfite and citric acid. This will require a good wash session before next fill, but it’ll keep the barrel clean and hydrated until that time.
- 6/15/2022 - 7/30/2022 - Barrel sat empty, but purged with CO2.
- 1/17/2022 - 6/15/2022 - Kettle-soured Imperial Gose inspired by a Paloma cocktail.
#06 - 15 gallon Garrison Brothers Single Batch Bourbon barrel and former The Bruery Black Tuesday Single Barrel Program barrel.
- 8/19/2022 - Current - Fromat Imperial Stout.
- 1/5/2022 - 8/18/2022 - Awaiting first fill.
#07 - 30 gallon Rye Whiskey barrel from Sugarhouse Distillery. I picked this up at a Whiskey Drinkers Union 801 event at Sugarhouse Distillery.
- 4/23/2022 - Current - Awaiting first fill.
Brandon Barrel - 15 gallon Bourbon barrel from Sugarhouse Distillery. Top 1/2 of barrel has been waxed. Not numbered, but this barrel is at my buddy Brandon's house because I didn't have room. Inoculated with Roeselare 4/2017.
- Spring 2020 - Retired - This barrel was retired due to a badly cracked stave around the bung hole. The barrel was broken down and will be used on a smoker.
- 11/17/2018 - Spring 2020 - Sour Dubbel on Plums
- 4/2017 - 11/17/2018 - BJRR Golden Sour on Coffee; this was a nice base beer. Unfortunately we picked up some green pepper character from the coffee. I think I'd like to try this recipe again.
- 11/2016 - 4/2017 - Barrel-aged Imperial Porter (Chasing Abbey); there's kind of a funny story with this one. It was intended to be a clean beer, but picked up a Brett infection from my bottle filler when we packaged it. I ended up changing my bottle filler sanitation process because of this. It worked out in the end after extended aging, this beer won gold for Brett Beer.
- 6/15/2016 - 11/2016 - KBS Style Stout (Get Out Stout); this beer medaled at some point, but I can't remember exactly when.
Tequila Barrel - 59-gallon former whiskey barrel that was last used commercially for 1 year Añejo tequila at Madrileña Distillery. Not waxed, and these tequila barrels tend to be beat up.
- Officially retired 3/16/2020 - Converted to a trashcan holder for my patio. Much cooler than a basic plastic trashcan.
- 11/17/2019 - 3/16/2020 - Empty and due to the lackluster character and the huge size, probably retired.
- 6/25/2019 - 11/17/2019 - Tequila-barrel Tripel - This beer turned out well, but the Tequila character was very subtle. This basically seems to be at a point that it's a neutral barrel.
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