About 8 months ago i had a small accident with a bottle of Chivas Regal 18. Bottle broke and left me with a 1/3rd that might have glass shards in it. Instead of tossing it i added it to a mason jar with oak cubes. Its been resting on these for 8 months now.
Just finished up a 12% strong scotch ale and a 11.6% barley wine these will need to age for some time and i thought about taking a couple gallons and adding the oak cubes.
What im wondering is will the peat flavor just end up overpowering the beer?
Ive done a wee heavy on bourbon once with so so results. Me and 15 of my homebrew club members bought a bourbon barrel last spring and brewed a RIS at a local brewery and we are waiting till march to bottle it so havnt had much experiance.
Id like to hear from people that have tried this and what beer did you use.
My first choice would be the strong scotch ale but might do both if i have enough oak cubes.
Just finished up a 12% strong scotch ale and a 11.6% barley wine these will need to age for some time and i thought about taking a couple gallons and adding the oak cubes.
What im wondering is will the peat flavor just end up overpowering the beer?
Ive done a wee heavy on bourbon once with so so results. Me and 15 of my homebrew club members bought a bourbon barrel last spring and brewed a RIS at a local brewery and we are waiting till march to bottle it so havnt had much experiance.
Id like to hear from people that have tried this and what beer did you use.
My first choice would be the strong scotch ale but might do both if i have enough oak cubes.