SWTFYW Hints and Hauls!!!

I'm just not familiar when the sour cherries hit. I don't want/like to use some canned shit puree, or something. Ideally.. pitted, and whole sour cherries would be perfect. I'm going to freeze and vac seal, and then hit them with the immersion for a couple seconds before adding to the barrel, or fermentor.

Im sure I could find them online somewhere, just not sure WHEN to look and what I look for. The cherries would add the perfect layer to this stout.. it's already go the cherry pie flavor/aroma from the wild yeast/bacteria. The oak is gonna add the vanilla and toasty notes.

 

I'll ask next time at Schramm's as well, know they use a ton of them for their meads. Not sure when they are in season either, but most the cherry festivals are in July.

 

So July is likely.. which would be... PERFECT. I could have this on the oak for a while relatively.. and then have the cherries in July/Aug..

We all could be drinking this early fall..

EDIT: Thanks for looking into this.. Trying to find some high quality to go with this beer.

 

Sour Sunday

Not as sour as I was expecting but this is the definition of a perfectly balanced Brett beer.

 

Looks like I need to try Quetsche and Squared then... Absolutely love regular Tilquin.

 

Fuck I want your homebrew.

 

I'll keep you posted when I get more info

 

It'll happen. Could suck yo.

 

VBS. Fantasy baseball draft starts in about an hour. Time to relax before chaos.

 

Your descriptions alone will prevent that. I think my homebrew is pretty decent and I couldn't describe it like you describe yours with a straight face.

 

GO GREEN!

 

That was a hell of a game

 

that being said - its blended with cantillon - so it best be that good - and it so

 

teams (another great game!):
mseguin - duke, providence, ucla, hampton
jfstilling - notre dame, nc state , ole miss, nm state
rayohiofelton - villanova, vcu, st johns, eastern washington
knowyourcraft - unc, butler, georgia, georgia state
dicers - louisville, arkansas, lsu, coastal carolina
zekeman17 - baylor, iowa, stephen f austin, northeastern
saemick - virgina, san diego state, oklahoma state, albany
bcm75 - georgetown, utah, davidson, uab
pimpinmidget - gonzaga, wichita state, buffalo, uc irvine
phishbfm - maryland, michigan state, purdue, north dakota st
alwaysplayin - arizona, smu, dayton, robert morris
dave_treat - kansas, cincinatti, ohio state, valpo
jshusc - oklahoma, northern iowa, wyoming, harvard
jas45678 - kentucky, wvu, wofford, texas southern
sandman3479 - iowa state, oregon, indiana, belmont
houser - wisconsin, xavier, texas, lafayette

bold - still in it
bold/underlined - final four
italics - out

 

Went to VT for some R&R and got some stuff/ was gifted some beer by my uncle..



Lawson's Kiwi Double IPA
Lawson's Chinooker'd IPA
Lawson's Sip of Sunshine
HF Florance
HF Convivial
Backacre Golden Ale
Bruery Sucre Bourbon
Bruery Sucre Port
Awesome Focal Banger Release Tit




My friend Nate has a brewery and his beer is amazing!!

Nate's Beer: Pro Pig Crowler: Under the Plaid
Bruery Sucre: Madeira
Bruery Sucre: Rye
Bruery Sucre: Rum
Bruery Sucre: Cognac
Four Quarters: The Darkest Heart ( Imperial Stout aged in Maple Liqueur Barrels)
Burlington Beer Co.: Thumbtack ( Belgian Inspired Quad with Pinot Noir Grapes)
Alchemist: Focal Banger
Alchemist: Petit Mutant


Didn't drink much in VT, but brought back enough for a party.

 

That Alchemist stange is SEXY

 

Steve--did you actually take the top photo? If so, that is one of the nicest beer pics I've seen.

 

How hard is the BackAcre stuff to come by? I have been told that I need it in my life, and I believe that to be true.

 

18th Street Brewery had a special event for all the "Local One Eight" members (helped fund them on Kickstarter) last night and it was basically a huge bottle share inside their 2nd building where they house all the barrel aged beers called "The Vault". Drew (owner/ brewer) let us know about their Barrel aged Pre-DLD event, future plans & such.

Had an awesome time, got to shoot the shit with Drew a bit, and try a bunch of beers (including a new barrel aged brown ale with dates ). Couple pics from the night:

Table with some of the bottles for the share (Drew is the dude in the yellow);


Shot of the filled room of "the vault":


A '11-'15 vertical of Behemoth:


And doing a little day drinking with the wife today...Monday's gonna suck!

Cheers

 

Sucre: Maderia and Cognac are delicious!