Did some work on the leaking wine barrel with a food grade epoxy. Painted it onto the top stave joints on Troy's 30G barrel and at the top and bottom of the heads of Ray's 22G barrel. Didn't put any on Lee's 30G--not sure where the leak was.
Checked barrels and Ray's 22 and Lee's 8G again have a VA smell. Troy looking into how to treat. Also need to discuss changing storage mechanism.
Tasted the barrel Syrah against the Syrah that was in Carboys + Oak chips. No comparison. Barrel was much better nose, flavor, finish. Sure shows the value of the barrel!
The Syrah rose is light and has a tartness to it that wasn't very pleasant. We think it would be best to not add it back to the barrel syrah. Discussed how to best use the Syrah Rose. Troy, Lee and Mike tried several blends and think mixing the 10G of malbec and 10G of Syrah Rose together would work.
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