Gus_13
Cul de Sac Brewer
I looked through and couldn't find anything so if anyone has a thread on this list it here please.
I'm wanting to drop some oak spirals in the primary fermentation for a couple Saison projects. The purpose would be to simulate these beers being fermented in oak barrels. I know it won't be perfect but it may just work. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this before?
The other part of the plan is to reuse the spirals in other beers as I will more than likely be pitching Brett and/or Lacto with most if not all of the fermentations. This will create a sort of "bug stick" that I can treat as a barrel in my Better Bottle fermentations. Or so I think it will. Anything anyone can think will be a negative? Getting the spiral out is the biggest one I'm thinking of but, I've thought about giving Northern Brewer's wide mouth fermenters a shot if it's tough to get them out.
Most fermentations will be from 5-7 weeks-ish with the reuse of the spirals being longer as they won't put out as much oak flavor over time. I can even add fresh pieces of other ones in there if I want more oak flavor. This could be fun rotating experiment that I can add to my Saison program I'm working on.
Let me know what you guys think.
I'm wanting to drop some oak spirals in the primary fermentation for a couple Saison projects. The purpose would be to simulate these beers being fermented in oak barrels. I know it won't be perfect but it may just work. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this before?
The other part of the plan is to reuse the spirals in other beers as I will more than likely be pitching Brett and/or Lacto with most if not all of the fermentations. This will create a sort of "bug stick" that I can treat as a barrel in my Better Bottle fermentations. Or so I think it will. Anything anyone can think will be a negative? Getting the spiral out is the biggest one I'm thinking of but, I've thought about giving Northern Brewer's wide mouth fermenters a shot if it's tough to get them out.
Most fermentations will be from 5-7 weeks-ish with the reuse of the spirals being longer as they won't put out as much oak flavor over time. I can even add fresh pieces of other ones in there if I want more oak flavor. This could be fun rotating experiment that I can add to my Saison program I'm working on.
Let me know what you guys think.