weirdboy

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My wee heavy is starting to taste really awesome and it's still only a few weeks after finishing primary.

I recently bought a used whiskey barrel, and am considering whether I want to put this in the barrel, or the RIS that I have bubbling away right now...

LabRatBrewer

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i just spent a couple hours reading all about the 999 exchange, which lead me to this 12-12-12 thread. I will read the 49 pages tomorrow night, but can someone tell me is it too late a brew a Wee Heavy in time for the exchange? I have no idea how long it should age. Thanks!

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acuenca

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I had the same question but I think if you can let it age 9 months or so it'll be fine...

smokinghole

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I just checked mine with a refrac today and I'm down in the 1.030s. So I will let it go a couple more weeks to see if it drops any more. I had my temps too low I think when I started the beer which made the yeast crap out too early (ECY07). So I added some WLP099 to bring it down from what was about 1.050 at the time. That didn't do a whole lot after a month. Then I added a dash of amylase enzyme. It's been sitting at ambient temp in my closet and has dropped to the near 1.035 that I was hoping for. I'll let it go a few more weeks and I might just transfer it and force carb the bad boy. I'll see how it tastes. If it's good I'll bottle it because I don't want to tie up one of my 10 gal fermentors all year.

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LabRatBrewer

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I read through (albeit quickly) this whole thread, and tried to search the thread. If this has been discussed please point me to the right page. My question is can this beer be done with BIAB? I was thinking at some point during the mash, I could drain off two gallons into a second kettle, and boil it down on the second burner. Would this be the same as "first runnings" boil down to achieve the carmalization? (I've only done BIAB AG).

Albert

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smokinghole

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It'd certainly be similar enough if you ask me.

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acuenca

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Thats how I did mine... I had to mash twice as this was a large amount of grain and didn't have room...hit my numbers well.

MDVDuber

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Any thoughts on best temperature to bulk age this? My basement sits around 60 all winter long - ok or should I Keg it up and let it sit at 45 degrees instead?

And as a secondary question - if I want to oak - should I leave it at 60 for the oaking period and then cool it down?

I searched and couldn't get the right combo of search terms to learn this on the forum. I'd welcome some reference reading on the topic if anyone can refer me.

Thanks.

MDVDuber

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How large of a Grain load can you handle? This is 20 plus pounds all grain so you'd want as much as possible in your BIAB and then make sure to use a Marris Otter Malt Extract (do they make Golden Promise extract?) for the rest of your gravity. Frankly I think if you max out your BIAB and then finish with MO extract you'll be fine. Normally I'd say hold the bulk of your extract till the end of the boil - but I wonder if it wouldn't be better to let them go a whole 90 or 60 mins and really kick up the Melanoidens????

toastermm

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Just transfered the Wee heavy to a secondary. The gravity went from 1.100 (Jan 16th) to 1.023 (Feb 12th)= 10.3% abv- according to beersmith, in just under a month! I'm excited to see if it drops any more points. If not- I think I'll be happy because the hydrometer sample tasted great.

I'm still deciding on oaking or not, I have toasted and untoasted oak that I can add. Any thoughts?

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