Long story short I brewed a porter in the beginning of December intending to do two things; first to transfer to a secondary with bourbon soaked oak cubes to make a bourbon barrel porter and second to save the yeast cake to brew something bigger like a barleywine.
Anyways the holiday season...
This past Sunday I brewed my 4th batch of beer. Previously I'd brewed 3 all extract batches using a Mr Beer kit my wife bought for me. For this 4th batch I was brewing a Brewers Best Oat Meal Stout (extract + specialty grains), 5 gallons in a 6.5 gallon bucket. I would also be using a...