Indiana Homebrew Club Barrel Aged Beer Competition.

[Kenny Lucas]

I have a burner but havn't fired it up in a while, and an extra tank, so you should be ok.

[Chris Norrick]

Kenny, the barrel should be at Turonis as we speak! You don't have to worry about picking it up!

[Kenny Lucas]

Cool, Dutch needs to get a hold of it so he can measure it up for the stand. Did you drain it on the way home?

[Chris Norrick]

Hard to say. We ended up cramming it in the back of a Jeep Cherokee of some young Turonis employees for the trip home so there is no telling what happened to the contents

We got a bit screwed because we were late for the 1 p.m. "Barrel Meeting"...they gave away our nice surprise bottle of Woodford Reserve

I can also bring an extra burner to help make the sugar...

[BREWsmith]

Sorry to let you down Jeff. I just can't handle the bribery. The fact that you think my loyalties could be swayed by a $2.00 cup of coffee makes me feel whorish. I mean, sure......there was a time when I may have sucked dick for espresso......but those were dark times and I've tried to put them behind me. Jimmy saw me through those dark times and I took an oath to never let espresso come between us. I really wish you wouldn't have brought this up.

I commend you for the strength of your convictions. Sorry for any flashbacks you may have suffered.

[jefrey3]

I have the barrel at Turoni's. I haven't checked on contents. We had about 8 ounces of whiskey in our Old Charter barrel. I told Bob we wanted the heaviest one.

[Dutch]

I can bring burner, gas and a big pot of Pasta Fagioli to keep warm with [maybe some garlic breadsticks too?].
I also picked up the barrel from Jack. I will get with Ken Lcas to pick up raw oak lumber for fabrication of new base. I have steel roller base frame from Jack and know how high the overall barrel cradle must be [to allow for siphon to top of a Corny].
Maybe the board [at next board meeting] can set a target date for this work so I can be properly motivated.

[Michael Erwin]

I promised 5 gallons, and damn! I really want to be in on this.

BUT, the snow last weekend made us reschedule an event for this Saturday at work. I apologize.

[Don]

Jack / Kenny

7 1/2# Crystal 70 (Simpsons Dark Crystal )
7 1/2# Golden Oats (Simpsons Golden Naked Oats )

I will bring the dark crystal and oats unless they have already been bought.
I have some of them and am placing an order tomorrow and will add the rest to it. I plan on 8# Dark crystal and 8# of oats.....
Unless you already have these?
Let me know by tomorrow.

Do we need Fuggles? I have about 1 1/4#
I also have @ a pound of Northern Brewers which we could sub for the Challenger.

[BREWsmith]

If need be, I have nearly a pound of Perle leaf hops that could sub for Challanger. Also, I might be able to do a second 5 gallon batch if need be.

[Kenny Lucas]

A big thanks to all that came out in the bitter cold Saturday. We ended up with 65+ gallons of brew! Everything went much smoother than I really expected. Thanks to Dutch who kept us fed well throughout the day, and I think we have a new traditional breakfast item (aka the Woodford Twinkie).

I was too busy to officially count, but I think there were at least 9 simultaneous all grain setups going at once in a 40x32 area, that's a lot of propane and potentially a lot of carbon monoxide which we kept under 15ppm.

The brew is finally starting to bubble a little as it sits in my basement bathroom after I kicked up the heat a little in the room. It was a little low as we started (61F)in there, so I bumped it up to 72 for a while. I can lower it a little after it gets going, probably will try to hold it around 65 unless others have a better idea.

Dutch now has the "finishing" oak for the barrel stand. (just remember the stand needs to fit through the door!)

I will keep you updated on the progress as needed.

[Dwayne_Delaney]

Thanks to Kenny for being such a great host and also thanks to everyone that had a hand in making it such a successful and fun brew day.

I will keep you updated on the progress as needed.

What, no webcam??

[john mills]

Thanks to Kenny for being a gracious host, Don for keeping us all straight on the recipie, Dutch for the grub, and everyone else that brought some fine beverages for sampling. I had a great time. If this beer turns out half as good as the time I had, it'll be an easy sipper.

I reccommend we do this again when the barrel is emptied.

[BREWsmith]

Let's not forget kudos to Mrs. Lucas who is truly a saint!

[Kenny Lucas]

I will be sure and pass that message on!