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Pinot Barrels at…


…August Schell Brewing Company. They ordered a dozen used French Oak Pinot Noir barrels. Jace Marti says that they are planning to age Schmaltz’s Alt in the barrels for a special limited release. The barrels will be filled later this week. I’m curious… I always look forward to Schmaltz’s Alt but really don’t know what to expect from the effect of the barrel on this beer.

Category November 2, 2009, 11:15pm :: Posted by ryan in breweries

14 Responses to “Pinot Barrels at…”

  1. Ben wrote on November 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 pm:

    Freakin’ sweet.

  2. Trav wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 am:

    Shoot. I thought maybe they would throw some Premo in ‘em!

  3. Scott McGerik wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:34 am:

    I’m looking forward to sampling this. What will be the effect?

  4. Chris wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 am:

    Yeah, gots to agree ryan, Scott. I’m not sure what the pinot barrels will do to the alt. I’ve had Belgian style beer aged in wine barrels and even stout, but I can’t even guess what the alt will taste like.

  5. Chris wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am:

    But I WILL happily try it!

  6. David Berg wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 am:

    “What will be the effect?”

    We’ll all find out in a couple of months…

  7. Duke wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm:

    Barrel aged Primo! Hell yeah.

  8. ryan wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 pm:

    If you had more barrels, I’d triple-dog-dare you to do one barrel of Premium, Dave.

  9. Kelly wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm:

    Firebrick would have been a better choice…..

  10. David Berg wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm:

    That would be high-gravity Premium, too.

  11. Vance wrote on November 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm:

    Imperial Premo? I’ll pass.

  12. Liz wrote on November 4th, 2009 at 11:40 am:

    Barrel aged Schmaltz’s Alt… Sounds AMAZING!

  13. beachscrat wrote on February 24th, 2010 at 3:59 pm:

    Anybody have an ETA on this badboy? I would think we’re getting close. A little bird told me all they have left is the label approval.

  14. Schell’s Stag Series in Stores Next Week | MNBeer – Beer from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Paul and beyond wrote on April 26th, 2010 at 10:03 am:

    [...] this morning to share a little information about Schell’s new Stag Series. As you may know, Schell’s has aged a portion of this year’s Schmaltz’s Alt in pinot barrels. They bottled this beer last week and it should start arriving on shelves sometime next week in [...]

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