I just ordered a 5 gallon bourbon barrel and was going to use it to age my cider after fermentation is complete. Usually I add some pure cane sugar and a wee bit of yeast to carb it and bottle after it ferments.
I'm wondering if I let it age for a bit and then carb and bottle or if I can carb it as I put it in the barrel and just drink straight from the barrel. Would this be like kegging it? I'm thinking I still need to do the bottling separately so I can refrigerate.
Any thoughts?
I'm wondering if I let it age for a bit and then carb and bottle or if I can carb it as I put it in the barrel and just drink straight from the barrel. Would this be like kegging it? I'm thinking I still need to do the bottling separately so I can refrigerate.
Any thoughts?