Mexican Cake Info

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  1. NoMoreBeerBelly

    NoMoreBeerBelly Pundit (825) Dec 2, 2009 North Carolina

    Anyone still see this around near the CLT border (Fort Mill) lately?

    I was out of town Thur-Tues and left before it hit the shelves!
     
    #161 NoMoreBeerBelly, May 29, 2013
  2. fobpeluso

    fobpeluso Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 South Carolina

    Piggly wiggly isle of palms connector has bottles
     
    #162 fobpeluso, May 30, 2013
  3. ereye

    ereye Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2012 Michigan

    So does Total Wine in North Charleston. Or at least they did when I was there on Monday PM.
     
    #163 ereye, May 30, 2013
  4. rnorgart

    rnorgart Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2005 South Carolina

    I didn't even know there was a total wine in North Charleston?
     
    #164 rnorgart, May 30, 2013
  5. UNCCTDawg

    UNCCTDawg Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 North Carolina

    Anyone wanna pick some up for a fellow BA!?!?!?
     
    #165 UNCCTDawg, May 30, 2013
  6. ereye

    ereye Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2012 Michigan

    #166 ereye, May 30, 2013
  7. thegoon55

    thegoon55 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2012 Massachusetts

    mike, type of bourbon barrels used?
     
    #167 thegoon55, May 30, 2013
  8. ADTaber

    ADTaber Pooh-Bah (2,093) Apr 29, 2011 South Carolina
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    Mike, any details on this?
     
    #168 ADTaber, May 30, 2013
  9. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    Since Edward keeps posting stuff ill explain everything tonight. Gotta go eat bday dinner with my wife's aunt. Meatloaf is much better than talking about beer :wink:
     
    #169 mikeincharleston, May 30, 2013
  10. abb610

    abb610 Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2010 North Carolina

    Any word when gose cans will be released? My keg popped this week and I need my fix.
     
    #170 abb610, May 31, 2013
  11. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    OK. so i wasn't going to post til it was ready but edward keeps posting pics so i'll give you the scoop. we barreled some of the first batch of mexican cake. to be exact 2 jack daniels barrels (the stuff you saw being bottled), 2 apple brandy barrels (just racked to a fermenter) and 2 red wine waiting to be racked next. so as you can tell from the pic these were barreled january 2012 so about 16-18 months in the barrel. the cool thing i learned about barrel aging, especially something like mexican cake is the beer aged was just the base stout with no spices. so the beer aged and then we racked it to a fermenter and added the cocoa nibs, cinnamon, vanilla and habaneros now so none of those flavors have faded, they are all fresh. the 2 jack daniels barrels yielded about 40 cases, the apple brandy will probably be a little less considering the barrels are a little smaller and the red wine barrels are bigger so possibly a larger yield. i'd say all within 30-50 cases each variant, but we won't know til it's all bottled. now to answer (and not answer your questions), first according to edwards tweet it will be brewery only. when is the release? not sure, like i said colin needs to finish the labels. will all 3 variants be released at once? no clue but i assume so. how much? limit? no idea. as soon as i know more i will let you know.
     
    #171 mikeincharleston, May 31, 2013
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  12. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    again not sure. the can is designed. not sure what the hold up is. we don't have the cans in house so no exact ETA yet
     
    #172 mikeincharleston, May 31, 2013
  13. brstls4drmrs

    brstls4drmrs Maven (1,396) Jan 30, 2011 North Carolina

    Red wine? Interesting. What kind of red?
     
    #173 brstls4drmrs, May 31, 2013
  14. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    Ill look. Usually Edward just marks them as "red wine" but he should know the variety or winery.
     
    #174 mikeincharleston, May 31, 2013
  15. zac16125

    zac16125 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,432) Jan 26, 2010 South Carolina
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    Holy balls. Cant wait. Hoping these arent released when I am out of town.
     
    #175 zac16125, May 31, 2013
  16. JISurfer

    JISurfer Grand Pooh-Bah (3,006) Dec 10, 2002 Utah
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    So when's it going to be released? 8)





    j/k
     
    #176 JISurfer, May 31, 2013
  17. JISurfer

    JISurfer Grand Pooh-Bah (3,006) Dec 10, 2002 Utah
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    Btw, the Mex Cake on cask last night was bada$$. Reminded me of a spicy sopapilla. I actually was sweating when I was drinking it, but I couldn't stop.
     
    #177 JISurfer, May 31, 2013
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  18. brstls4drmrs

    brstls4drmrs Maven (1,396) Jan 30, 2011 North Carolina

    Great description.
     
    #178 brstls4drmrs, May 31, 2013
  19. jpmclaug

    jpmclaug Savant (1,007) Jun 6, 2008 South Carolina

    Thank you for this. I was having a debate with my friend over whether the spices would be added before or after barrel aging for Mexican Cake and it looks like I won. I really think this is the best way to go about this.

    Hopefully these will all release at once and I'll be making the trip down from Columbia for it!
     
    #179 jpmclaug, May 31, 2013
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  20. fobpeluso

    fobpeluso Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2012 South Carolina

    I know y'all have used whetstone bella vigna Syrah barrels in the past.
     
    #180 fobpeluso, May 31, 2013
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