El Gertez
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I have 10 gallons of what I intended to be an American Barleywine that I have been planning to age in a 15 gallon bourbon barrel (after I brew another 5 gallons to bring it up to volume). I tasted it a few weeks ago, now that primary fermentation is finished, and decided that it's hoppy enough, it might be better to just call it a Imperial IPA, which then prompted the thought that I haven't seen many bourbon barrel IIPAs around. Makes sense since hop flavor and aroma doesn't usually age well. What are people's opinions on bourbon barrel IIPAs?
As I see it, my options are as follows:
1) Keg it as is and enjoy 10 gallons of ~10% ABV IPA
2) Keep with the plan, brew the final 5 gallons per the original recipe, and age the whole thing in a bourbon barrel. Dry hop after barrel aging, before bottling in order to bring back some hop flavor & aroma.
3) Brew the final 5 gallons with more caramel malt to add residual sweetness to make it more like a bastardized English barleywine which will hopefully stand up a little better to aging.
Here's the recipe for the original 10 gallon batch:
1.098 OG
~100 IBU
15 SRM
Mash @ 152 for 90m
19# Golden Promise
9# Light DME
5# Rye Malt
3# Skagit Dark 80 (Caramel 80)
2# Flaked Barley
0.5# Caramel 120
0.5# Caramel 40
60m boil
5oz Magnum FWH
1.25oz Citra 20m
1.25oz Chinook 20m
1.25oz Citra 10m
1.25oz Chinook 10m
1oz Chinook 15m Whirlpool
1oz Citra 15m Whirlpool
Ferment at 64 F with a shitload of US-05.
Thoughts?
As I see it, my options are as follows:
1) Keg it as is and enjoy 10 gallons of ~10% ABV IPA
2) Keep with the plan, brew the final 5 gallons per the original recipe, and age the whole thing in a bourbon barrel. Dry hop after barrel aging, before bottling in order to bring back some hop flavor & aroma.
3) Brew the final 5 gallons with more caramel malt to add residual sweetness to make it more like a bastardized English barleywine which will hopefully stand up a little better to aging.
Here's the recipe for the original 10 gallon batch:
1.098 OG
~100 IBU
15 SRM
Mash @ 152 for 90m
19# Golden Promise
9# Light DME
5# Rye Malt
3# Skagit Dark 80 (Caramel 80)
2# Flaked Barley
0.5# Caramel 120
0.5# Caramel 40
60m boil
5oz Magnum FWH
1.25oz Citra 20m
1.25oz Chinook 20m
1.25oz Citra 10m
1.25oz Chinook 10m
1oz Chinook 15m Whirlpool
1oz Citra 15m Whirlpool
Ferment at 64 F with a shitload of US-05.
Thoughts?