Well, life got the best of me for the past year, but I finally got around to brewing this beast up today. Hit 1.100, which was about the target gravity. Used a yeast starter to ensure a good take off and man the thing is going crazy. I put it in a 7 gallon pail with a blow off tube and in 6 hours it has bulged the top of the lid and over flowed my blow off vessel. Just spent 10 minutes cleaning everything off. With two gallons of head space and a blow off I was surprised to see things get so hot and heavy, but it's better than having it not kick off!
Should spend a week in the primary and then off to the secondary with some French Oak Chips. Bottle about a week after than and two weeks in the bottle and ready for Christmas. The directions say 4 weeks in the bottle, but I don;t think it will hurt to pop a few for the holidays!