Best Of

After having polished off a growler of CEO Stout this weekend, I'm going to throw a vote in for something coffee-related because yum. Maybe a Breakfast Stout homage? Something big and, dare I say it, epic.

@Linc said:
Scotchtoberfest.

Imperial Oktoberfest aged in a scotch barrel. The barrel might be hard to find, but this is a great idea.

@AlexDeGruven said:
In.

Throwing out some ideas:

Imperial Stout of some variant (coffee, vanilla, chocolate, all of the above)
Porters
Tripel (though similar to last year's quad in process, probably)

Are you planning on barrel-aging again? Any thoughts on alternative barrels (sherry, scotch, etc)?

Yes, again barrel. Tough thing about them is finding what you want in an appropriate size. Most large scale distilleries age in 45 gallon oak barrels, way too big for our application. So I'm limited to what I can get from micro-distilleries and small batch makers.

Speaking of that, I need to contact Two James to see if they do small batch barrels and or if they sell them to the public.

If you missed last year, check it out. We had a great brew day despite the rain and made what should be a great beer.

If you're interested in learning how to make beer, while drinking beer, chime in here. If there is enough interest I'll plan on doing it.

Again, the idea is everyone chips in some cash. You may or may not participate in all or some of the brewing demo (takes about 3-4 hours hence we start pretty early in the morning, day time TBD). If you donate to the co-op you will receive a special bottle of what we brew at EPIC 2017. I wont ship the bottles so if you cannot attend next year's Expo or meet up with me at some point, its up to you if you want to donate or not.

It will be $15 dollars this year, a little more, but it ended up costing a bit more last year than I planned.

There has been some discussion on last years thread about what to brew this year. It's not decided yet, but it will be a big beer seen as how it is aged for about a year. So, if you are a light lager person, probably not going to be for you.

Again, you don't need to donate to participate in the brewing event. Feel free to drop in and check, it is a lot of watching and waiting for stuff to heat up, but I'll be explaining the process and interesting information along the way.

I am going to try to produce at least 30 bottles (ended with a little less) this year, so the first thirty people get dibs. If in a few weeks they aren't all claimed I'll let folks claim a second. Due to the chaos of trying to manage payment I'm going to require payment through either Paypal or Google Wallet. Send to AndrewL.Conrad@Gmail.com for either.

Thanks, looking forward to it.

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@UPSLynx said:
How about a big Barleywine? Love me some barleywine.

That's what I was thinking. Also like sweet stouts. Might throw a survey up to gauge interest.