RustyShackleford
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Hoakay. So I can easily get my hands on a bourbon barrel. Believe it is 55 gals. So my concerns are;
1) Would it mix well with the mead flavour and has anyone done this?
2) my carboys are only one 5 and one 6 gal. Meaning aging in a burboun barrel would leave a crap load of head space. ( what some people do is put a few gals of water in the barrel on warm days and roll it around a couple of times to get the last bit of bourbon out of it) would this work at all? Concerned about it getting oxigenated with so much room and then having to roll it around a bit.
3) would a couple of weeks do the trick?
Any ideas or input would be helpful.
1) Would it mix well with the mead flavour and has anyone done this?
2) my carboys are only one 5 and one 6 gal. Meaning aging in a burboun barrel would leave a crap load of head space. ( what some people do is put a few gals of water in the barrel on warm days and roll it around a couple of times to get the last bit of bourbon out of it) would this work at all? Concerned about it getting oxigenated with so much room and then having to roll it around a bit.
3) would a couple of weeks do the trick?
Any ideas or input would be helpful.