Hi, I’m about to begin brewing my first Imperial Stout and am planning on using oak cubes soaked in bourbon. I’ll be making a 5 gallon batch, but my question is how long do you keep the oak chips in the secondary, how much do you use, and do you pour the soaked bourbon in as well or do you drain it from the chips first?
Also, do you add them directly when transferring to secondary or do you add them later on after it’s been in the secondary for awhile? If you do it at the beginning, how do you remove the cubes without contaminating the beer once you’ve reached the desired level of bourbon/oak?
I’m completely new to oak cubes so any advice on how to not ruin my stout would be great!
Also, do you add them directly when transferring to secondary or do you add them later on after it’s been in the secondary for awhile? If you do it at the beginning, how do you remove the cubes without contaminating the beer once you’ve reached the desired level of bourbon/oak?
I’m completely new to oak cubes so any advice on how to not ruin my stout would be great!