myndflyte
Well-Known Member
So I was thinking about pulling the trigger on a used 15 gallon barrel and wanted people's thoughts on my plan.
So my plan was to brew and ferment 15 gallons of something big (porter, stout, barleywine) and then transfer it to the barrel to age. What I would like to do is every fall, pull off and keg 5 gallons and then brew the same recipe to replace the 5 gallons. This means the first pulled keg would have aged for about 9 months with subsequent ones being about a year.
What are people's thought on this plan? I know homebrew clubs do something like this but that's usually with 50+ gallons. Do you think the small keg will impart oak flavor too quickly that I would have to age less than 9 months? Or should I just stick with a 5 gallon barrel and fill and empty it each time?
So my plan was to brew and ferment 15 gallons of something big (porter, stout, barleywine) and then transfer it to the barrel to age. What I would like to do is every fall, pull off and keg 5 gallons and then brew the same recipe to replace the 5 gallons. This means the first pulled keg would have aged for about 9 months with subsequent ones being about a year.
What are people's thought on this plan? I know homebrew clubs do something like this but that's usually with 50+ gallons. Do you think the small keg will impart oak flavor too quickly that I would have to age less than 9 months? Or should I just stick with a 5 gallon barrel and fill and empty it each time?