pernox
Well-Known Member
Hello!
First off, thanks to the HBT community for being so filled with information.
I'm brewing my first solo batch this evening (though I have brewed with a buddy before) and played it safe with a kit from my local homebrew emporium. This kit is an IPA, that includes Oak wood chips. The instructions ask me to steam sanitize these, and toss them in the fermentation vessel... But I intend to hold this beer longer than the kit instructs, and won't be bottling, but rather kegging from a secondary after letting it set and mellow for a couple/few weeks.
Any advice on how to handle these? Should I follow the kit's instructions? I don't want an overpowering oak flavor, and while I plan to run this through a filter before kegging, the chips would be in there for a month or so if I throw them in at the get-go.
Thanks in advance!
First off, thanks to the HBT community for being so filled with information.
I'm brewing my first solo batch this evening (though I have brewed with a buddy before) and played it safe with a kit from my local homebrew emporium. This kit is an IPA, that includes Oak wood chips. The instructions ask me to steam sanitize these, and toss them in the fermentation vessel... But I intend to hold this beer longer than the kit instructs, and won't be bottling, but rather kegging from a secondary after letting it set and mellow for a couple/few weeks.
Any advice on how to handle these? Should I follow the kit's instructions? I don't want an overpowering oak flavor, and while I plan to run this through a filter before kegging, the chips would be in there for a month or so if I throw them in at the get-go.
Thanks in advance!