In a previous post here: Building A Wine Rack – A Half-Assed Attempt I mentioned how I was building a cheaper alternative to buying a pre-made rack for my wife’s wine collection. I looked up a quick, 5 minute video online to get an idea that I liked and then went to it…well then I stopped and let it sit there half finished for a while. Well, after a several month delay, I finally finished it.The finished rack holds 126 bottles of which, 86 are currently in use already.
Since I was feeling in a productive mood, I went ahead and worked on two closets to store all of the current bottles of beer I’ve been aging (high ABV/barrel aged stouts, porters and barleywines mostly). If you look at the picture you’ll see that for most of the beers I have several bottles as well as different years for future vertical tastings. I believe the oldest beer currently in there is from 2009, a Goose Island Country Bourbon Stout. I’ve seen it go on eBay for over $100 surprisingly. Not shown in the picture is the Whiskey Barrel Aged Imperial Stout that I brewed aging in that empty spot in the corner. Needs a bit of time for the heat of the alcohol to mellow out.
And finally, the last closet contains some of my homebrew equipment and whatever I’m currently working on. In the top right you’ll see my first attempt at a mead. This one is using 12 pounds of orange blossom honey, some champagne yeast and a bit of nutrient. So far it’s at 12.5% ABV and smells delicious. I should be bottling it in the next week or so and then it will need to sit in the bottles for probably another month before I give it a try.
I mostly did the equipment storage because it was taking up a lot of space upstairs and just generally looked like crap.
