We finally got around to wax-dipping the barley wine bottles today. Originally, I had hoped to do this much earlier in the year so the wax could do its job of protecting against oxygen seeping into the bottles. But, it is what it is.
Interestingly, or being a cheapskate, I have been saving the wax from previous opened bottles and melting that wax instead of buying new wax. Maybe some day, we'll use a different color, but right now we'll have to figure out a way to differentiate the vintages from each other.
Like last year's batch, we are going to set aside 5 bottles for yearly vertical tastings. This year, Elise will finally be able to try last year's and this year's barley wines and I'm very excited about that. Hopefully this year's batch will have carbonated as we tried a slightly different method of bottle conditioning, but if it doesnt, it will still likely be very very good. Cant wait, only 4 months to go....
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