Recipe Critique - Ale to age in whiskey barrel

[permo]

Hi folks, I am looking for substantial ale to lay down in a charred bourbon barrel for a year. Hopefully unveiling something amazing after its over. Let me know what you think




American Strong Ale (22 B)



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 17.00 gal
Boil Size: 18.74 gal
Boil Time: 85 min
End of Boil Vol: 17.68 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 16.00 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Date: 19 Mar 2016
Brewer: CP
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: New Mash Tun
Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %












41 lbs Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.4 %
5 lbs Vienna Malt (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 9.8 %
1 lbs Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.0 %
1 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.0 %
1 lbs Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.0 %
1 lbs Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.0 %
1 lbs Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 7 2.0 %
2.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 85.0 min Hop 8 31.3 IBUs
2.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 9 27.0 IBUs
2.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 10.7 IBUs
2.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 2.0 min Hop 11 2.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Cry Havoc (White Labs #WLP862) [35.49 ml] Yeast 12 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.081 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.0 %
Bitterness: 71.4 IBUs
Est Color: 14.5 SRM

Using a big huge starter of Cry Havoc yeast
Mashing at 150
will lay it down in a used whiskey barrel for a year

 

[Double_D]

Will this be the first time using the barrel? If it is I wouldn't suggest keeping you beer in there for a year. Even in a 15 gallon barrel the surface area in contact with beer is so much greater when compared to a 55gal barrel that it will get lots of barrel flavor really fast. I've used 5 gal barrels, my first batch through the new barrel was in there 6-8 weeks. I got lots or whiskey, oak, and vanilla. Any more time than that and the barrel flavor would have been overpowering. Just keep that in mind.

 

[permo]

Will this be the first time using the barrel? If it is I wouldn't suggest keeping you beer in there for a year. Even in a 15 gallon barrel the surface area in contact with beer is so much greater when compared to a 55gal barrel that it will get lots of barrel flavor really fast. I've used 5 gal barrels, my first batch through the new barrel was in there 6-8 weeks. I got lots or whiskey, oak, and vanilla. Any more time than that and the barrel flavor would have been overpowering. Just keep that in mind.

First time using this particular barrel. I will tone it down to 6 weeks. Heck that gets me tasty beer even quicker