LeglessDog
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I'm brewing a second rendition of an American Nut Brown I entered in a local contest last year. I brew all-grain 5 gallon batches, and use a single infusion mash with a batch sparge. I recently started kegging beer, but continue to bottle as well.
I have a two-part question:
1) I want to split the batch in half so that the first half is the revised version of last years batch (added some dextrin malt and upped the hop bill to fit the style better). I want to take the second half of the batch and add oak chips and bourbon in modest amounts to create a "bourbon barrel" effect. I figured I would add the oak chips (0.5 - 1 oz) in the secondary stage, then add bourbon straight to the beer prior to bottling/kegging. I'm worried that if I secondary 2.5 gallons in a 5gal carboy, I may risk oxidization. I prefer to bottle the "Bourbon Brown" but don't have a preference between btl/keg for the standard nut brown portion of the batch. Any recommendations on how to pull this off?
2) If I were to decide to bottle-condition half of my 5 gallon batch, and force carb the other half--what would be the easiest way to do so while avoiding contamination/oxidization?
//Feel free to point me to any existing threads that might address this, I couldn't find any!
Cheers!
I have a two-part question:
1) I want to split the batch in half so that the first half is the revised version of last years batch (added some dextrin malt and upped the hop bill to fit the style better). I want to take the second half of the batch and add oak chips and bourbon in modest amounts to create a "bourbon barrel" effect. I figured I would add the oak chips (0.5 - 1 oz) in the secondary stage, then add bourbon straight to the beer prior to bottling/kegging. I'm worried that if I secondary 2.5 gallons in a 5gal carboy, I may risk oxidization. I prefer to bottle the "Bourbon Brown" but don't have a preference between btl/keg for the standard nut brown portion of the batch. Any recommendations on how to pull this off?
2) If I were to decide to bottle-condition half of my 5 gallon batch, and force carb the other half--what would be the easiest way to do so while avoiding contamination/oxidization?
//Feel free to point me to any existing threads that might address this, I couldn't find any!
Cheers!