Speaking of which, has anyone seeing this attempted to brew an "extreme" beer, such as Utopias? I am hell-bent on trying to produce a gallon or two of something in the ballpark. I obviously don't have previous batches to blend, or a bunch of different barrels, and I'm ok with that. My first thought, given the low volume target, is to replicate barrels with oak cubes soaked in a few different spirits/port, whatever.
I've read enough to believe that monster fermentation is carried out with Champagne yeast, WLP099, and a couple doses of O2 in the first couple days. Wondering which yeast should go first, or if they should be pitched together.