{"id":591,"date":"2015-04-25T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/?p=591"},"modified":"2015-04-25T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:59:09","slug":"bourbon-barrel-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/bourbon-barrel-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourbon Barrel Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\"bourbon<\/a>bout a year and a half ago, our local brew club B.O.S.S. (Brewers of Siloam Springs) purchased a Four Roses<\/a> Bourbon barrel.\u00a0 The plan was to brew 50 gallons of an imperial stout and put in the barrel for a bit of aging and soaking up the luscious bourbon and oak flavors. None of us had ever performed this operation before!\u00a0 We learned a lot!<\/p>\n

Early in 2014, we all brewed various amounts of the imperial stout using the same recipe<\/a>. The plan was for a brew that had an OG of about 1.100 and a FG of about 1.020.\u00a0 We pitched two packets of Wyeast London Ale (1028)<\/a> for primary.\u00a0 We pitched an additional packet of Fermentis S-04<\/a> in the secondary.\u00a0 My brew didn’t quite make it up to our projected numbers (OG=1.093; FG=1.026 for an 8.9% ABV).<\/p>\n

On May 17, we met in the basement of 28 Springs restaurant<\/a> and we siphoned the stout out of our respective fermenters\/kegs into the barrel.\u00a0 James Spencer of Basic Brewing<\/a> was on hand to record a Basic Brewing Podcast<\/a> about the project.\u00a0 We had agreed ahead of time that we would sample each contribution and determine if it was worthy of being added to the barrel.\u00a0 No \"BOSS<\/a>pressure!\u00a0 All brews were acceptable.\u00a0 It was quite interesting to taste slight differences in the brews. Some of our members have temperature controlled freezers\/refrigerators for fermentation, while others had to use more primitive methods of maintaining target temperatures.\u00a0 There were also slight differences in mash temperatures.\u00a0 All-in-all, the brews fell firmly within the typical parameters of an imperial stout.\u00a0 A great time was had by all!<\/p>\n

After several months in the barrel, the stout was extracted.\u00a0 I was at an SCA event that weekend so my friend Gary Guinn<\/a> collected my 5 gallon share. The brew turned out to be very nice with most of the characteristics that we desired, but for one.\u00a0 While I was concerned about “over-oaking”, I believe we may have removed the beer a bit prematurely.\u00a0 The level of bourbon and oak flavor ended up being a little short of what I anticipated.\u00a0 Still, it is a great brew for a chilly evening while sitting around a campfire or in front of a fireplace.<\/p>\n

“Live and Learn!!”<\/p>\n

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