Back in 12/10 I brewed a nice, big Imperial porter. I kegged it in January and just sampled it yesterday. It's aged wonderfully - you'd never know it ended up at 10.25% ABV.
Also back in December, I
started aging spirits in a little 2L oak cask. Since I just emptied one of them, I decided to fill it up with the porter.
It's sitting on my bar aging in the barrel now. I'm planning to drink it straight from the cask. The rest of the keg went into the kegerator to carbonate, so we can do side-by-side taste tests
Recipe (done as a parti-gyle, hence the 58% efficiency):
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Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.03 gal
Estimated OG: 1.091 SG
Estimated Color: 34.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 58.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 58.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
22.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 91.67 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
0.50 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.08 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 2.08 %
2.00 oz Brewer's Gold [9.70 %] (60 min) Hops 48.9 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Misc
10.00 oz Coconut, toasted, shredded (Secondary 7.0 Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 24.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
45 min Mash In Add 36.00 qt of water at 170.0 F 158.0 F
-Joe
Cask conditioned Imperial Porter
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