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So today i found a local distiller that sells their barrels when they are done with them. The interesting thing is the last product they age in the barrels. The first few uses are for their whiskeys. The last use is for their Krupnik, which is a spiced honey liqueur. Great product, strong honey flavor, spices, it's about 40 proof. However, I imagine this means the flavors a beer would pull from the barrel are very different than your normal fresh barrel or used whiskey barrel.
So I'm trying to decide what might work well in this barrel, at least for a first use. I've been planning out a long age stout, but i'm not sure how the honey would work. Maybe if I backed off some of the roasted/coffee flavors. Also considered something like a vanilla porter. I'm not a huge brown fan, so i'm shying away from the idea of a honey brown.
Any ideas for something interesting that could work? I won't be making this immediately as I have to wait for the next barrel to become available. Barrels are 20L, which is perfect for the size batches I'm doing.
So I'm trying to decide what might work well in this barrel, at least for a first use. I've been planning out a long age stout, but i'm not sure how the honey would work. Maybe if I backed off some of the roasted/coffee flavors. Also considered something like a vanilla porter. I'm not a huge brown fan, so i'm shying away from the idea of a honey brown.
Any ideas for something interesting that could work? I won't be making this immediately as I have to wait for the next barrel to become available. Barrels are 20L, which is perfect for the size batches I'm doing.