We Won a Ribbon! Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

[Pappers_]

A group brew with Patty, Brandon and Hugh. Hugh, Patty and I brewed up 10 gallons together, Brandon added another 5 and we filled a 15 gallon bourbon barrel from Oppidan, a distillary in the Chicago suburbs. It was a one use bourbon barrel and this was the first beer in the barrel. We aged it in the barrel for 6 months. We added a little yeast and bottle conditioned the beer.

The following is the recipe we used for Hugh, Patty's and my 10 gallon batch. We went with partial grain with extract to combat the low efficiency we get when brewing huge beers like this.

Grain Bill
15 lbs Pale Malt
5 lbs Vienna Malt
3 lbs Munich Malt - 10L
2 lbs Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
2 lbs Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 75L
1 lbs Black Prinz (500.0 SRM)
12 lbs Light Dry Extract

Hop Schedule
4 oz Challenger (6.8%) 60 mins
1 oz Pacific Jade (11%) 60 mins
4 oz E.K. Goldings (5.6%) 20 mins

Yeast
4 packages US-05

The Numbers
Mashed at 156F
Single Infusion, Batch Sparge
Fermented at 65F
Original Gravity 1.121
Final Gravity 1.024
Bitterness 54 IBUs
Color 55 SRM

http://singingboysbrewing.homestead.com/Bourbon-Barrel-Aged-Imperial-Stout.html

 

[flars]

Great team effort. Congratulations to all.

 

[Rob2010SS]

Congratulations. Sounds mighty tasty!

 

[jschein]

Congratulations looks awesome

 

[bruteforce]

Legit. Nice work!

 

[radwizard]

Awesome! That beer looks fantastic!

I've got a barrel coming to me soon (blue corn whiskey), and I have been planning my a big stout. I'll definitely be taking inspiration from this beer.

 

[Dimax]

That is pretty cool! stay seated after consuming 12.73 ABV

 

[user 246304]

A very hearty congratulations on what looks like an incredible brew, Pappers. Dyin', as I'd love to taste some of that!

 

[Pappers_]

That is pretty cool! stay seated after consuming 12.73 ABV

Definitely a sipping beer. But not a bit of fusel alcohol or harshness to it. It was drinkable right after it was bottle conditioned, it came out of the barrel in March and we started drinking it this summer.

 

[jakeasaur]

This is awesome. Congrats

 

[MapleGroveAleworks]

You wouldn't want to do a bottle swap would ya? Would love to try this, sounds delicious!

 

[Yooper]

I knew it was going to be great, and congrats on the win!

 

[Dcpcooks]

Well played Sir!

 

[BrianDorry55]

Won my first gold ever this year with an Imperial Stout. Great feeling. Congrats!

 

[jready]

I don’t believe it send me a bottle so I can confirm these so called “results”. [emoji12]

Congrats sounds fantastic!