bierhaus15
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Update:
Racked the beer into secondary today and took a few samples. The beer had a pretty good pellicle forming in the primary.
The gravity dropped from 1.080 to 1.015 and the beer is very tasty as is. The nose is intense cherry with toasty caramel and some typical brett aromas. On the palate it's dark toffee, toast crust, spiced rum, and caramelized sugar. Mouthfeel is a little thin, though not surprising how far it attenuated. No boozy alcohol notes or really any alcohol presense at all... don't know if this is a good thing; I was sort of hoping for something a little more robust.
I am starting to think about oaking this, though I am a little unsure of when to do so and what to use? Any suggestions???
Color is pretty much as I expected, though a little hazy from racking.
Racked the beer into secondary today and took a few samples. The beer had a pretty good pellicle forming in the primary.
The gravity dropped from 1.080 to 1.015 and the beer is very tasty as is. The nose is intense cherry with toasty caramel and some typical brett aromas. On the palate it's dark toffee, toast crust, spiced rum, and caramelized sugar. Mouthfeel is a little thin, though not surprising how far it attenuated. No boozy alcohol notes or really any alcohol presense at all... don't know if this is a good thing; I was sort of hoping for something a little more robust.
I am starting to think about oaking this, though I am a little unsure of when to do so and what to use? Any suggestions???
Color is pretty much as I expected, though a little hazy from racking.