So we had a catastrophe over the weekend. One of our large Grolsh Cap bottles filled with Ye Olde Fornicator Barleywine exploded and covered the basement with its sweet smelling nectar. The Top of the bottle blew out of the box and landed three shelves up on the bookcase built into the wall. As a reminder if you aren't going to be able to fill one of these bottles all the way to an inch or two below the cap then don't try to make i t a long term conditioner for a Barleywine. I had a feeling something bad was going to happen after all we went through three air locks before we put it in the secondary, and another two on the secondary. 

But the good news is it smells really yummy and I can't wait till Winter's Night for my first taste. 

Mmmmmm......13% alcohol by volume and smells so good.