Chop & Brew – Episode 07: Roll Out the Barrels

The Nordeast Brewers Alliance is on an epic mission: to fill four 59-gallon French oak wine barrels with some big batches of homebrew. Chop & Brew rides shotgun on barrel fill day and checks in for a three-month taste panel to see how the beer are progressing. [Original postdate: June 7, 2013] Related Links: Downloadable

Nordeast Brewers Alliance Barrel Beers

Recipes for the beers seen being put into barrels in Chop & Brew – Episode 07: Roll Out the Barrels. Get more information on the progress of these and other beer projects from Nordeast Brewers Alliance here: http://nordeastbrewersalliance.wordpress.com/ Flanders Red http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/flanders-red-wine-barrel-nba-2013 Rye Saison Brett (with two types of Brett cultured from one Cantillion Iris bottle)

Portica Tasting Notes

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1KBPSUfOWo&w=560&h=315] Homebrewer Sandro Chiavaro sent us this bottle of bourbon barrel oak-aged porter from L.A. Thanks, Sandro! Sandro’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/sandrochiavaro/videos?view=0 Sandro’s “Beer Circles” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beer.circles