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Oak in a Bottle


Most of us don’t have either the contacts or the space to have a barrel at home and the amount of beer to fill it. Unless you are a home brewer, of course.

Now, with the aptly and simply named Oak Bottle made from ‘Merican White Oak, you can perform ale experiments and without waiting for years. The smaller bomber-esque vessel with the slim shape “accelerates the traditional oak aging process … in a matter of hours not years.”

Right now there is only the one version. No bourbon-barrel or extra charred or anything. But for $79 bucks it is a good entry level for testing out what Oak does to different beers.

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A Capital Idea

Capital Brewing has found an interesting way to age and blend beer.

Here is part of what the Madison.com website says, “On April 17, Brewmaster Kirby Nelson will brew the seed beer for what will become “Eternal Flame,” a vertical beer that will begin with a hybrid recipe of the brewery’s Autumnal Fire and Eisphyre beers.

The 50 barrels brewed April 17 will sit for a year. Then next April, Nelson will brew another 50 barrels and blend it with the 50 barrels brewed this year. After a two-month aging, 50 barrels of the mixture will be bottled in June 2012. The remainder will age for another year and then another 50 barrels will be brewed in 2013 and be mixed with the aged beer. Another 50 barrels will be bottled and sold in four-packs, with the remainder stored for the following year’s batch. The process is intended to go on for years.”