I really would love to add some oak to my "power porter".
Here are two questions:
1. Porter has been sitting in the primary close to 3 weeks. I've tasted it and I think little bit of oak would really do justice to my first brew (porter and hefe are pretty much two kinds of beer I usually drink). I am thinking I might want to do 1-2 weeks in a secondary with some hungarian oak chips. What do you think about the ideas?
2. My secondary (glass carboy) is a 5 gallon one. My batch is 4 gallons. How do I minimize the risk of infection etc. and oxidation, if adding bit of oak for couple of weeks before bottling would do it good?
Here are two questions:
1. Porter has been sitting in the primary close to 3 weeks. I've tasted it and I think little bit of oak would really do justice to my first brew (porter and hefe are pretty much two kinds of beer I usually drink). I am thinking I might want to do 1-2 weeks in a secondary with some hungarian oak chips. What do you think about the ideas?
2. My secondary (glass carboy) is a 5 gallon one. My batch is 4 gallons. How do I minimize the risk of infection etc. and oxidation, if adding bit of oak for couple of weeks before bottling would do it good?