The Cherry stout did not come out as well as we would have liked. We did not add enough sugar which in the end did not let it carbonate enough so it is flat. However, the batch that we used the smoked woodchips with merlot wine from Biltmore Estates turned out amazing. Probably my favorite one out of the 4 experimental batchs. Smoked woodchips soaked in bourban was the next best, you can really taste the smoked oaky flavor. and the last experimental with the two different smoked chip batches mix which made it a smoke chipped bourbon merlot cherry stout turned out decent. Very flavorful. Eh you win some you lose some right?
Jason brewed a wheat beer using two types of hops. We called the the summer plunder... It is actually my favorite. Not too hoppy, not too bitter but just enough bitter towards the end. Easy drinking for anytime of the year really. Jason and his best guy friend Guy started brewing up an ipa one weekend. We are going to bottle it this week so hopefully in 2 weeks it will be good to go.
Now for the not so fun part, the legal part of investigating the opening of the brewery, which is my forte i suppose than Jason's. I was able to get more information about the laws of distrubution in Indiana as well as the permits needed. Our business plan has been coming along greatly, thanks to no help from anyone but myself and marketing statistics on the Indiana.gov website, but like i said, its more of a me thing than Jason. We are heading up to Indy for Christmas and at that time i would really like to look into getting more information from possibly chamber of commerce, and maybe pick up some literature about small business laws and a good couple of locations to start the brewery. I really enjoy Uplands view point, which is have a main brewery, but spread over the area are small tasting rooms to really get their product out there. Then again from what i have been told about Three Floyds i really enjoy how they are so localized and state wide available, but low key.
Well more research will be needed and spreadsheets will be made. On to the next experiment of beer.
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