Since the Queen’s passing I’ve been thinking about all things related to British beer and trying to come up with something different. I’ve long said that beer has been around for so long and I’m not smarter than anyone else so the odds are I can’t think of something that hasn’t been done or tried. So maybe I go back and try to re-create something that existed in the past but no longer does.
One idea that I thought of was a barrel aged mild ale. Now I know if it’s aged it’s not mild. But what if I took a dark mild recipe, 1.036 og and 25 IBU fermented with British Ale yeast and sat it on wood for a bit? I could use just straight oak. Or possibly liquor soaked oak. Keeping with all things British I could use sherry, brandy, or possibly port wine.
Thoughts?
One idea that I thought of was a barrel aged mild ale. Now I know if it’s aged it’s not mild. But what if I took a dark mild recipe, 1.036 og and 25 IBU fermented with British Ale yeast and sat it on wood for a bit? I could use just straight oak. Or possibly liquor soaked oak. Keeping with all things British I could use sherry, brandy, or possibly port wine.
Thoughts?