Consecration

A couple quick shots taken from my phone over the last few days. We have been working with over 160 wine barrels: soaking, emptying, and moving old ones; and then racking beer from others. The beer is Consecration, and it was brewed in May and again in August.




These bastards are 60 gallons, and they weigh over 500 pounds when full. I had to "spin" all of these to empty them, after they had been filled with water the previous week (this helps the wood swell up so they don't leak when filled with beer). Might have been the hardest work I've done out here.
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So I'll be heading back east in a few days....this might be the last post from Cali. As for 2009, who knows.

Peace

-Wrence

(PS: Welcome back, RyToy)