Skip Schwartz is my guest this week to talk about barrel aged stouts, flavored barrel aged beers, blending aged beers and more.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (41:12)
- This week I welcome back Skip Schwartz, the head brewer at Weldwerks Brewing in Greeley Colorado. Skip joins us to discuss barrel aged brewing techniques including recent innovations in barrel aged stouts as well as his flavored stouts.
- We briefly discuss some of the new things going on at Weldwerks.
- Skip shares a few tips on how they formulate and brew their barrel aged stouts including the use of adjuncts and coffee.
- We talk about blending barrel aged beers and how they carefully select barrels to blend for a final beer.
- Skip discusses his collaboration with Old Elk distilltery on a barrel aged oatmeal stout.
- We talk about how they use recent bourbon barrels but only age the beer for 8 months vice 20 for many other beers.
- Skip discusses his many forays into flavored stouts starting with their Coconut Medianoche which involves brewing with some 2000 lbs of coconut.
- We talk about the challenges from the coconut oil as well as how to achieve flavor balance with strong flavorings.
- I ask skip about his flavored beers including Oreo, Marshmallow and Vanilla Bubble Wrap beer.
- We discuss his Ambarama double barrel beer including what Ambarama wood is and what double barrel beer means.
- Finally we talk about the Bamm Bamm Noche Noche made with real fruity pebbles in a slightly sour beer.
- Skip shares where you can find many of Weldwerks excellent beers.
- Skip shares his closing thoughts.
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