Chop & Brew – Episode 29: Bad Ass Barrelfied Imperial Porter

We head into Bryon Adams’ Bad Ass Brewery to discuss the brewing and barrel conditioning of an Imperial Porter in a Woodinville Rye Whiskey barrel. Our tasting notes discussion includes tips and techniques on barrel-conditioning (barrel-aging) and maintenance, last-minute yeast starters, and using the Wyeast Ringwood Ale yeast strain. [Original postdate: August 27, 2014] Related

Bad Ass Barrelfied Imperial Porter

As seen brewed and barrel-conditioned in Chop & Brew – Episode 29: Bad Ass Barrelfied Imperial Porter. Inspired by Arcadia Ales Shipwrecked Porter aka Ballzy Porter, an imperial porter conditioned in bourbon barrels. Thanks to Vaughn Stewart of Arcadia Ales for helping us out with a homebrew-scale version of the recipe. Now I know in

AHA/Lucid Brewing Wort Rally Double Black IPA

This is the homebrew-scale recipe for the Double Black IPA brewed by Lucid Brewing Company for their AHA Wort Rally event during Big Brew Day 2014. Huge thanks to Eric Biermann (no joke, best last name ever!) and Jon Messier for sharing this recipe with Chop & Brew. Also thanks to the American Homebrewers Association