I am looking for something to put into new white oak barrels? I was thinking a stoudt? Any recommendations?
Looking for something to put into new white oak barrels
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IPA. Cigar City Brewing does White Oak IPA, and it's amazing. Extremely tropical flavor from the white oak. I'd make sure the IPA already has a lot of tropical notes. Sorachi Ace, Citra, Ahtanum hops. Make sure you have some Munich malt in the grain bill.
So good...
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cigar-city-white-oak-jai-alai/123699/
So good...
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cigar-city-white-oak-jai-alai/123699/
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Sounds good. I have two barrels and might do an IPA and something dark.
pkpdogg
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How big are your barrels? Just a heads up that if you have the 60gal barrels and intend to fill them in new oak, the oak will take on much faster than you expect. I have a 60gal 3yr used (pinot noir) french oak barrel that has put more oak into my belgian wit than I ever would have expected in only a month and half. From my experience, prep well in advance to blend or have the means to pull your stuff out with a quickness. I'm lucky that the oak is just taming the 15% ABV, so I'm good to just let it lie for the time being.
Good luck!
Good luck!
dwarven_stout
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Barrel beers, in my experience, pull a lot of oak in the first month but over the course of several more months the initial harsh oakiness fades and the beer as a whole grows far more complex. We did one as a club that I thought was ruined after 6 weeks, but now at 6 months it's awesome.
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Its a 20L (5 gallon) new white oak. I am thinking of a portert and letting it sit for a bit.
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