Oak? Dryhop? or Both?

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pava

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I brewed JZ's American Barleywine 4 weeks ago and just racked it to secondary tonight. It is already very good even though it is young, but it just seems like something is missing so I was trying to decide among if I should just leave it or try to add something to it closer to bottling time. . .my options as I see them are to dryhop, oak or do both. . .any thoughts on those options or others I am not thinking of?? Below is the recipe.


Recipe Specifics
Batch Size (Gal): 6.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 25.50
Anticipated OG: 1.115 Plato: 27.02
Anticipated SRM: 18.8
Anticipated IBU: 96.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 120 Minutes

% Amount
86.3 22.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain
3.9 1.00 lbs. Crystal 75L Great Britian
3.9 1.00 lbs. Crystal 20L America
1.0 0.25 lbs. Special B Malt Belgian
1.0 0.25 lbs. Chocolate Malt - Pale Great Britain
3.9 1.00 lbs. Corn Sugar Generic

Hops
Amount Name
2.00 oz. Magnum 60 min
1.00 oz. Chinook 0 min
1.50 oz. Centennial 0 min
1.50 oz. Amarillo Gold 0 min


Yeast
White Labs WLP001 California Ale


Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 24.50
Water Qts: 31.85 Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 7.96 Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.30 Before Additional Infusions

Rest Temp Time
Saccharification Rest: 149 60 Min
Mash-out Rest: 168 10 Min
Sparge: 170 60 Min

Total Mash Volume Gal: 10.00 - Dough-In Infusion Only
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
 
Leave it in the secondary until the flavors meld more. The exact amount of time is up to you, of course. I only say this because if you add stuff to it, you can't really take it out. But if you wait, you may find it needs nothing else.

You dig?

Bob
 
good advice. . .my original plan was to leave it in the secondary until around September. . . but after tasting it tonight I really don't think it needs to sit that long.. . I may let it secondary until June and that is just because I have several other batches planned that are going to need to be bottled. Perhaps I should revisit it around May and see how it has progressed.
 
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