joenads
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Alright, looking for opinions here, that's why we all come here right? My buddy picked up a 15 Gal Dad's Hat Rye Whiskey barrel and came to me and another buddy with the idea of each of us brewing 5 gal of something to fit in this thing. I've always wanted to do a belgian stout and thought that might be a good idea to age in a barrel. My main concerns are that I tend to get lower attenuation with big beers and this much roast/crystal. Hopefully the yeast selection will off set that, and maybe a mash temp at 148-150? I've recently gotten an O2 setup to help. I am also unsure about the hop schedule/varieties, but I pull some ideas from the northern brewer belgian stout recipe and guessed on what else sounded good. Most ingredients can be found at our local homebrew shop, so that was also an influence.
So on to the recipe. I calculate my recipes at 85% for 6 gal and this should give an OG of near 1.093 and 64 IBUs. Mash ratio of 1.3qt/lb too.
2-Row Brewer's Malt---------14 lbs, 8 oz lbs oz
Flaked Oats-----------------1 lbs, 0 oz lbs oz
Pale Chocolate Malt---------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Special B-------------------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
De-Husked Carafa II--------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Roasted Barley-------------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Summit Pellets--------------2 oz @ 60 mins
Kent Goldings, UK Pellets----1 oz @ 10 mins
Spalt, German Pellets-------1 oz @ 10 mins
White Labs Belgian Strong Ale Yeast WLP545
So on to the recipe. I calculate my recipes at 85% for 6 gal and this should give an OG of near 1.093 and 64 IBUs. Mash ratio of 1.3qt/lb too.
2-Row Brewer's Malt---------14 lbs, 8 oz lbs oz
Flaked Oats-----------------1 lbs, 0 oz lbs oz
Pale Chocolate Malt---------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Special B-------------------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
De-Husked Carafa II--------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Roasted Barley-------------0 lbs, 10 oz lbs oz
Summit Pellets--------------2 oz @ 60 mins
Kent Goldings, UK Pellets----1 oz @ 10 mins
Spalt, German Pellets-------1 oz @ 10 mins
White Labs Belgian Strong Ale Yeast WLP545