Things are getting interesting in the basement as we fill the joint with wooden barrels. We already have 6 bourbon barrels aging away and now we have 12 wine barrels. A few weeks ago we brewed a black belgian ale with our wit yeast and yesterday Jim and Matty transferred it into some french oak barrels that we previously full of cabernet sauvignon. We also loaded the barrels up with 400# of sour Michigan cherries from Piedt Farm, a regular at the Logan Square Farmers Market. This yet unnamed batch will sit for many moons and acquire lots of character and charm before we put it on tap, but I thought all those inquiring minds out there would want to know what's bubbling below.
Here's a short video of the boys adding the cherries and relaying the tale of purchasing that funnel at Farm and Fleet. No ma'am we're not making a beer bong with it.....