What To Do if Your Barrel is Leaking (Swelling or Fixing Tips)
WEBMar 13, 2024 · Tighten Your Barrel Rings – tap the two rings on your barrel down towards the middle of the barrel to tighten them. This will solve leaks that come from a loose top or bottom. Get a replacement Bung – if you lost your bung for the oak barrel or need to plug a hole, a replacement or additional bung is great for such a thing.
Maple Syrup Barrels - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBNov 27, 2015 · These are 7 gallon barrels. I have two questions. Should I have any fear of infection? I've barrel aged beers before, but always in freshly-dumped whiskey barrels. My second question is, for planning purposes, how long I should I expect aging to take? I know that a 15 gallon barrel develops significant wood and whiskey character after 2 months ...
Stacking Full Barrels How High? - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBDec 1, 2012 · 12-01-2012, 10:03 PM. I used to work at a winery where we stacked them 5 high. I have heard that some of the large wineries stack them 6 high. As long as you make sure all of the barrels are centered on the racks and that the racks are centered on the barrels. It is also important to make sure all of the barrel pairs are …
Re-hydrating dry barrels. - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBWe generally are racking into whiskey/bourbon barrels. They usually arrive in great condition and are easy to fill. More recently, we did a imperial stout racked into 40 year old rum barrels shipped out of a tropical location. The barrels arrived bone dry and of the 28 received, only 24 held liquid.
Oak Barrel Transfer - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBAug 31, 2012 · Barrel Harbor Brewing Co. David Meadows. Brew House Technologist. TECHNOBREW. (619)840-3311. [email protected]. We are looking to improve on the way we transfer from oak barrels into the conditioning tank. Our current method works well it just takes too long and we have a lot more to empty nowadays.
Barrel filling, emptying, stacking etc - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBOur racks hold 5 barrels. Buying traditional metal barrel racks would have cost us $220 for a half rack on the bottom and then a 7" rack on top. We spent around $50 to build ours out of wood plus an hour or 2 of our time and we're able to hold 5 …
Rice Paper In Beer - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBJan 9, 2014 · This may be an odd question, maybe not. Anyway... Has anybody ever tried to put rice paper in a beer? Specifically in a beer thats aging in whiskey barrels? I am considering writing on rice paper (with a charcoal pencil) and putting it in the barrels with the beer. its a long story... Would there be any ill effects from
Learn something about Mizunara Oak Barrels
WEBMar 8, 2021 · Bigger Than Whiskey: How Mizunara Oak Barrels Became a Brand Via Vinepair On the surface of things, mizunara oak seems like the worst material for making casks that will one day age spirits. The indigenous Japanese species takes at least 200 years to reach maturity before it can be chopped down and made into casks.
Bourbon Barrel : first time use - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBJan 13, 2011 · Share. Tweet. #1. Bourbon Barrel : first time use. 01-13-2011, 08:48 PM. I've racked a batch of Imperial Brown ale in freshly emptied Bourbon barrels (Heaven Hills, bought from Tom Griffin) last October. The beer was then at 8.5% with a residual 6°Plato. I've topped them recently so I had the chance to taste the product.
Packaging barrel aged beer - ProBrewer Discussion Board
WEBI watched a video where Vinnie from RR empties their "Sonambic" barrels by simpy pulling a bung from a drilled hole in the barrel head, then he quickly inserts a clear transfer hose. He gravity fed the beer through the transfer hoses into a grant type vessel which appeared to be hooked up to a pump.