tomorrow making a porter
67% 2row
10% DME
9% cane sugar
6% simpsons chocolate malt
5% simp brown malt
3% crystal 120
1.071OG
escarpment irish ale yeast
40 IBU
putting it on used barrel pieces for a while then preparing it for about christmas time
Are these the barrel pieces that you were going to toast? IIRC you had posted a few weeks(?) back about toasting barrel pieces. If so def let us know how they worked for you.
might have been longer ago - i found a bag of crown royal brand whiskey chunks as well as some maple wood chunks. i of course thought immediately of beer, and yeah. i put one of the crown royal barrel pieces, which were visibly charred in vodka for a bit and it turned the vodka completely ink-blue black, no hint of brown, red or any colour - just black. i will say though i used a large amount relative to the small sample of vodka, but it was interesting how there was no colour change, just darknes
so what i intend to do is cut off the charred part of the barrel piece, probably cook it in the oven for 40 mins at 350 or so and add a good amount. i also mentioned maple wood, i did end up toasting that but have been too lazy to even cut it to fit in a jar with vodka for testing so far.
thanks for remembering and ill try to post results