adamjackson
Well-Known Member
I finally picked up more carboys so I have 6 fermentation vessels and all 5 of my 5 gallon kegs are full so I have quite a bit of freedom for those empty fermenting vessels. I want to do a few ideal for aging beers. Here's what I was thinking:
1. 14%+ ABV Imperial Stout with coffee and coca flavors and soaked in some bourbon soaked oak (since I don't currently have access to barrels)
2. Brettanomyces w/ Fruit addition beer. Give the brett a while to do it's work
3. An English Barley wine...I have one I just brewed that's about 1.5 months old. still hot but it's an imperial IPA with too much malts so it was an accident. Clocked in at 12.5% so I want to do another one but properly.
4. Finally, an American Lambic. I have 10 ounces of lambic dregs from various bottles already showing some gorgeous Lactobacillus so I have a starter. Want to get that going the soonest as it needs at least a year to do it's thing.
So I'm looking for some 6-12 month projects. I have a buddy that wants to get some french oak barrels that we could use so that would be cool. Wondering what the thoughts are of people here. I know this is the Beginners forum but I don't seem to get that many quality responses on other boards since there's less overall threads posted / watchers.
If we can get barrels in, I'll probably do the lambic first followed by the big stout.
1. 14%+ ABV Imperial Stout with coffee and coca flavors and soaked in some bourbon soaked oak (since I don't currently have access to barrels)
2. Brettanomyces w/ Fruit addition beer. Give the brett a while to do it's work
3. An English Barley wine...I have one I just brewed that's about 1.5 months old. still hot but it's an imperial IPA with too much malts so it was an accident. Clocked in at 12.5% so I want to do another one but properly.
4. Finally, an American Lambic. I have 10 ounces of lambic dregs from various bottles already showing some gorgeous Lactobacillus so I have a starter. Want to get that going the soonest as it needs at least a year to do it's thing.
So I'm looking for some 6-12 month projects. I have a buddy that wants to get some french oak barrels that we could use so that would be cool. Wondering what the thoughts are of people here. I know this is the Beginners forum but I don't seem to get that many quality responses on other boards since there's less overall threads posted / watchers.
If we can get barrels in, I'll probably do the lambic first followed by the big stout.